[321] in Athena_Backup_System
I revised abs-overview and crippled
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Tue Oct 1 19:04:56 1996
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 19:04:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: athena-backup@MIT.EDU
I had a couple typeo edits on paper in my desk for the abs-overview.
I added front matter: A copyright notice and a document history.
I also, as per a suggestion by David Hogarth, made the intro more
definitive, and added a little to draw the reader in.
Along the way I learned how to better format the document history section.
So I modified crippled.tex.
New .ps files are in place.
Here are the edits on abs-overview:
Copyright \copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
All Rights Reserved
Oracle is a registered trademark of the Oracle Corporation.
Athena is a registered trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
AFS is a registered trademark of the Transarc Corporation.
All other brands or product names mentioned herein are or may
be trademarks of, and are used to identify, products or services
of their respective owners.
\section*{Acknowledgements}
The Athena Backup System is made possible through the dedication and
contributions from several individuals: Bill Cattey, Diane Delgado,
Dave Kirkorian, Brian Melanson, Mark Virtue, Jonathon Weiss, Miki Lusztig,
Tom Coppeto, and Ted McCabe.
\newpage
\section*{Document History}
\begin {tabular}{rclll}
11 & Jul & 1994 & delgado & Initial Draft \\
21 & Jul & 1994 & delgado & Revised as per review \\
3 & Aug & 1994 & delgado & Incorporate comments \\
13 & Dec & 1995 & jweiss & Major update to reflect current design \\
7 & Mar & 1996 & jweiss & Added Crippled Mode section \\
15 & May & 1996 & delgado & Major update to reflect current implementation \\
25 & Jul & 1996 & wdc & Consistent nomenclature for Crippled Mode \\
1 & Oct & 1996 & wdc & Front matter such as Copyright and doc history pages \\
\end {tabular}
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\section {Introduction}
The Athena Backup System (ABS) replaces the current AFS Backup System.
ABS provides a filesystem-independent base architecture which can easily
accommodate future growth in functionality,and scaling up to larger
amounts of filesystem storage and larger numbers of file servers.
It is designed to meet the needs of Athena's operations staff for automated
backup, and easy location data to restore with easy access to the backup
meta data as required. The system supports a variety of backup media
devices, adn subsequent versions will add support filesystem types beyond
AFS. Restores of backups made from the legacy AFS Backup System is also
supported.
This document provides an overview of the components of the system, and
some insights into the rationale for the various design decisions made.
