morrison@nucs.OZ (David Morrison) (07/15/87)
We are a University with not enough disk space for all our users (does
anyone??). Until now, we have dealt with this problem by deleting all files not
accessed for some time, usually six months, but sometimes as short as two
months. The problem with this is that some files are only used once a year, and
therefore disappear with regular monotony and have to be retrieved from backups.
One answer we are considering is an archive scheme. What we would like is for
the system manager to be able to archive files according to some criteria, and
the user could retrieve a file (semi-)automatically by issuing a command. It
would be even better if users could specify files to be archived or not archived
by listing them in a file or some other means.
I am therefore asking for information about archiving systems to run on VMS,
commercial or public domain, and hopefully doing as outlined above. Any and all
suggestions will be gratefully received. Comments on performance, problems,
quirks, etc will also be useful. As usual, if there are enough replies, I will
summarise.
PS If this has been thrashed out before on the net, could someone just send me a
summary.
Thanks.
David Morrison
Computing Centre
Uni of Newcastle
New South Wales 2308
Australia
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