scsijon wrote:
[...] I have scripts and software that create drives with links to those in other systems as part of the security and backup routines I use, some are to scsi drives, some are ide and some sata, the drive type in most cases relates to the function performed on the site or spanning sites
Before I can consider going to 10.3 :- I shall have to scan, amend, rewrite, binfile at least 20 scripts for cross connection, another 38 for backup and seven security plus workout how I get around the drive type and now limited drive identity\numbers problem and that's just the linux side, how my mini's deal with it I am yet to imagine, thankfully I don't have any mainframes any more. I also suspect it means some ten to twelve thousand dollars additional hardware needed per site, say a quarter of a million dollars plus extra at the four centres and spares of course. [...]
Frankly, I would consider your backup strategy as broken if it relies on a particular hardware being available as hd? instead of sd?. Of course, it's difficult to say without knowing the details, but it sounds rather strange. Maybe your backup etc. strategy is designed in a suboptimal way. What would happen if your backup server broke down and you had to switch to another one with different hardware? Would you have to change all your backup scripts, etc.? That should not happen. If we have to change our backup servers in the company, it's a matter of seconds not "at least 200 hours of work ahead"... CU, Th. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org