[ILUG] OT - Online Archiving of old files

[Paul Jakma]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Paul Mullen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is probably way OT but you can judge for yourself.
>
> The company I am working for has decided to use linux for all 
> future file storage devices but is going to keep a pretty expensive 
> windows NAS as a front end. I am looking for a product/project that 
> can move files over a certain age or inactivity period onto one of 
> our linux boxes but keep the files available transparently. I have 
> found one product called HT FileStore from 
> www.bridgeheadsoftware.com. I was just wondering if anyone have 
> come across anything else. I have tried googling but to be honest I 
> don't even know what to call what I'm searching for.

You're looking for "Hierarchical Storage Management" / HSM. Silicon 
Graphics^W^WSGI ported their IRIX HSM storage to Linux i think. (big 
bucks no doubt knowing SGI).

> Any help would be greatly apreciated.
>
> Paul Mullen.

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Oh yay.

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