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From: [e-mail] (Matz Engstrom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,swnet.sys.hp
Subject: Any archival system with menus for casual users
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 18 Nov 92 09:11:51 GMT
Sender: [e-mail] (Matz Engstrom)
Organization: Gothenburg Universities Computing Centre, Sweden
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Hello, I need a good archiving system for
our cluster of HP-UX workstations. The system
should store datasets that aren't needed on
disk safely on cheaper storage. Storage could
be tape or possibly optical disc. The server
to have the system is manned by operators, so
it is not absolutely necessary for it to work
unmanned. A few other things we want from it is:

- good user interface with menus. Easy to use
  for the casual user
- good helptexts and documentation on line
- index of stored data on line to be searched
  by ordinary users
- at least as secure as the HP-UX we run in
- possibility to store several versions of a
  file
- A possibility to set limits on how much a
  user or group can store
- a possibility to have statistics from it on
  usage per user etc
- reliability - a physical error on a storage
  volume should not prevent us from having data
  back (twin storage or such)

It would also be good if there is support for
us here in Sweden on the products you suggest.

Do you know of such systems? Please write to
the group and tell us! I've found the system
CenDar, that may be a candidate.
--
H{lsningar (Sincerely) /
          Matz Engstrom, Gothenburg Universities' Computing Centre;
          Address Box 19070; Kapellg}ngen 5; S-400 12 Gothenburg; Sweden
          Phone [phone]; Fax [phone];