Re: NAS/SAN backup device ?

Right. Occassionally doing an opt 21 save. Yes restore times are an issue
but restoring from tape isn't any better in my opinion. My thought is - in
the eventof a disaster I'll be be coming back online with a new machine with
new os installed. I the can restore or rebuild profiles and then bring my
libraries back as needed.

Also, different than tape, i can have multiple things happening at the same
time.

Jim

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----- Reply message -----
From: "Jack Kingsley" <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:08 pm
Subject: NAS/SAN backup device ?
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Jim, doing something like what your doing, question is, how long would this
scenario take to rebuild your box(or maybe time etc does not matter). Your
still going to have to have the FTP time to get your save file(s) back as
well in your restore time frame. In your scenario are you not doing any
local AS400 tape saves them other than maybe an occasional full 21 save.

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:40 PM, jim@xxxxxxx <jim@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm using a QNAP TS-509 (10TB total, about 7TB usable) for my backups.
Here's the scenario. Note that I have plenty of disk on my i so I have
room for SAVFs of all my data.

1. Dual full backups to tape monthly or after any changes to the system
(very rare here). Store at two different offsite locations.
2. Nightly backups of the following to individual save files.
SAVSECDTA
SAVCFG
SAVLIB - All libraries except for the main IBM libraries
SAV - all IFS objects
3. FTP the individual save files to our QNAP.
4. Make an additional copy of the data on the QNAP device to an
eSATA-connected external drive (currently 1TB). Store the drive in

off-site

location and rotate in a new one.

The total size of our save files is about 144 gig. The FTP to the QNAP
takes just over 2 hours. The transfer from the QNAP to the external

drive

is a few hours.

We also use these (small model) at remote sites as mini file/print

servers

that sync back to the main office.

All in all the devices work well for us. It's not ideal, but is ok for
now. Also note, we're not a big shop and don't have as strict up-time
requirements as others.

We're not using BRMS. Does it have an option to do a 'backup-to-disk'

like

Backup Exec? If so, that would be something I'd like to check out.

-Jim

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
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Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 10:04 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: NAS/SAN backup device ?

Anyone using these that are not directly attached to the machine and not
under I5/OS control, wanted to know how you may be using these for saves
and
restores, thanks.
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