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There's related thread on how to handle archiving . I'm asking on how to find the requirements in a company on the way archiving should be done, and also the requirements that need to be fullfilled so that archiving is actually done instead of just backups...
Started by Server Horror on
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1) Data should be kept as long as necessary according to the legal limits imposed by your of #1
3) The easiest ways are to use....
In the archiving and backup business so they've got to have some info and guidelines that should be helpful.
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I have a large Windows file server with about 2TB of data, about half of that is over 2 years old (based on modification date). What would be the best way of archiving off that old data, using scripts or whatever, but without spending big money on a full...
Started by 20th Century Boy on
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Rsync will check which files have been modified since the last time they were backed up and ... .
Even if the server is Windows (which mine are) you can backup with a Linux computer or even use a Windows version of Rsync .
I do all of my backups with Rsync.
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Are there any good technical solutions for extremely long term archiving of data, for example for 25 to 100 years?
Somehow I just don't have a lot of confidence that a SQL 2000 backup file will be usable in court cases or for historians in 25 to 100 years...
Started by MatthewMartin on
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The fact is that there is only one data storage & archivingscript the data into flat files (either one file per table or summarize multiple tables into a file), write them to high end archival CDs....
The 8-tracks are closer to 30).
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Backups are one thing, but long term archival is another. For example, you might be required to store emails for 7 years, or keep all project data indefinitely. I used to save archives to tape, but then I've had tapes get destroyed (drives rip the tape...
Started by 20th Century Boy on
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If you requireHow much data are we talking about? Our "archive" data is small enough that we just keep it in live storage (on ....
With the new archiving solution and keep the tapes for as long as you require that data.
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I'd like to figure out the best way to archive the data that is no needed anymore, in order to improve the application performance and also to save disk space. In your experience what is the best way to implement this, what kind of tools can I use? It...
Started by Rulas on
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I would export the data to a comma-delimited file so it can be exported into almost any database.
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I am familiar with archiving messages on the client side to .pst's... Are there good methods of archiving messages from multiple mailboxes on the server side?
Started by James Moore on
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I use it for archiving of old users, moving users between servers and backup of important users to a different data store....
It allows you to pull or push users data into psts on the server side and filter by date handy.
From Microsoft.
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Hey, I'm looking for an archiving library that functions like GNU's tar, but without any dependencies. I need some sort of archiving format to manage resources in my game engine and am still iffy about rolling my own.
Started by Orm on
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Files? If yes I don't understand what's wrong with tar?
If you mean for your data.
You mean for..
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Following situation:
I have an instance of my NSObject sublcassed object. One of it's properties is a NSImage . After instanciating the object I convert it with NSKeyedArchiver to data, send it over the network, unarchive it with NSKeyedUnarchiver and...
Started by papr on
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If you call [yourNSImageObject setDataRetained....
What's probably happening is that NSImage is archiving the static bitmap of one frame only and discarding the original content.
By default, NSImage doesn't retain the original source image data.
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What should I do about archiving Exchange mailboxes? People in the company are complaining of slow performance with their Outlook - these people have mailboxes over 5GB...
I want to know what is best practice for archiving old mail that is being used ...
Started by The Woo on
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If they loose their PC access or activesync....
If users are having of this though is that data retention of the archived emails is up to the end user.
archiving feature if you care at all about the integrity of the old email data.
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We're looking into a solution to do email archiving and near-line backup of our Exchange Server 2007 environment.
We currently have about 200 mailboxes and the Mailstore is approx 150 GB. We need to be able to archive email for several years for legal...
Started by BillN on
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Firstly, one can always look at better mailbox management it? Finally, check your data ....
There's a comparative review here of ten email archiving products which might give archiving products for a number of reasons.
It and Mimosa.
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