Re: Image Catalog over NFS

Larry says: "So you would need to backup to a LOCAL Image catalog, rebuilt
BOOTP
there, and then transfer that directory along with the ISOs off to the
target Linux server. All doable of course, but more steps and more
opportunity for errors."

Not to mention slow. Even on a local network there are several thousand
files that need to be moved, many very small, but also some very sizable
ones.

Setting up a Rube-Goldberg backup scheme just to avoid the cost of a VTL or
other proper (read: supported) backup method without proven ability to
recover an object fast and efficiently is betting the entire company's
fortune on what amounts to a dream of saving a few bucks traded for
immense complexity. I'll bet the liability insurance cost is much higher
than a proper back up device.

On a hobby system, go for it, interesting research. On any production
system of any sort, doing this should be the pathway to another position at
another company.

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Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects