14 Apr
2000
14 Apr
'00
3:50 a.m.
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Bennett Todd wrote:
So anyway, enough with background, the question is, how come I don't hear anyone advocating using Netapp's snapshots as a backup strategy? Netapps don't lose data; it's not like WAFL or Netapp's RAID or any other bits are so bug-ridden that they don't do their job.
Snapshots don't last forever (in this business, greater than a few years), and you can't say that disk space on a Netapp is cheaper than tape. They are great for short-term file recoveries (and even filesystem recoveries, if you use SnapRestore), but not as your only backup solution.
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