[48] in Athena_Backup_System
Cec's concerns re: Backup project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim McGovern)
Thu Dec 8 08:57:53 1994
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 08:56:26 -0500
To: athena-backup@MIT.EDU
From: tjm@MIT.EDU (Tim McGovern)
>Date: Mon, 05 Dec 94 18:39:20
>From: cec@MIT.EDU (Cecilia d'Oliveira)
>To: tjm@MIT.EDU
>Subject: Backup project
>
>Tim, reading through all of this stuff on the backup project it looks as
>though there are two key issues that obviously need to be addressed.
>
>1. whether it is technically wise to use threads
>
>Can we make progress beyond the opposite positions that Diane and Ted have
>staked out on this issue? If Ted and Jeff think that the use of threads
>even in a limited way will be a problem given that "most of our own
>libraries, including the Kerberos library, are not thread safe" then I get
>nervous. How can we get beyond these position statements to some data? Is
>this just religious or is there some way of getting to some facts?
>
>2. the need for on-going support resources
>
>What are the plans for supporting the backup system? Has the team got a
>plan? Will this system require additional resources? Would it be
>reasonable to think of hiring a full-time MOIRA/Backup DBMS person?
>
>What can I do to help make sure this project is successful?
