OT: Tape less Backup System

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 01:41:24PM -0500, D. Thomas Podnar wrote:
> | I'm guessing that ftps is *not* sftp... and I have to admit to never having heard of
> | ftps.  I guess I'll go look it up.
> 
> ftps is "Secure ftp using SSL as a transport". It is not SFTP, which requires
> more administration.

Hmmm...

> The point I was trying to make was that yes, we examine lots of alternatives
> before we start making major changes to BackupEDGE. As we see here frequently,
> there are lots of ways to achieve most goals, some better than others, and
> some that are just brute force, but work.
> 
> We picked ftp/ftps as a protocol that was elegant, easy to implement and embed
> with the full BackupEDGE feature set for devices, and requiring essentially
> NO administration on the ftp server side, other than creating an ftp account.
> The last part is especially important when dealing with NAS appliances for
> which there may be very little access to the actual operating system.

That's for the *uncrypted* version, clearly; I assume special measures are
necessary for ftps.

But yes, this speaks directly to my Rule #1: "Get The Glue Right".

Cheers,
-- jra
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