Title :
A backup appliance composed of high-capacity disk drives
Author :
Keeton, Kimberly ; Anderson, Eric
Abstract :
Disk drives are now available with capacity and price per capacity comparable to nearline tape systems. Because disks have superior performance, density and maintainability characteristics, it seems likely that they will soon overtake tapes as the backup medium of choice. The authors outline the potential advantages of a backup system composed of high-capacity disk drives and describe what implications such a system would have for backup software.
Keywords :
back-up procedures; disc drives; magnetic disc storage; operating systems (computers); backup appliance; backup medium; backup software; high-capacity disk drives; maintainability characteristics; nearline tape systems; performance; Automatic control; Bandwidth; Costs; Disk drives; Home appliances; Magnetic separation; Power system restoration; Protection; Software design; Software maintenance;
Conference_Titel :
Hot Topics in Operating Systems, 2001. Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1040-X
DOI :
10.1109/HOTOS.2001.990087
