OT: Tape less Backup System

[Doug Luurs]

It's more Statistics then them Actually failing (Which I have not had
any do yet).

The System would allow me to do Tape Backups plus the ability to pull
the drives for offsiting.
(Hotswap)

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Vermillion [mailto:fp at wjv.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 11:04 AM
To: Doug Luurs
Cc: filepro-list at seaslug.org
Subject: Re: OT: Tape less Backup System


On Fri, Jan 21 10:43 , while impersonating an expert on the internet, 
Doug Luurs sent this to stdout: 

> We current do all our backups to tape, and it seems to be getting more

> and more Costly every time I need more tape space. (And tapes being 
> prone to failure more Often then not)

If you have business interuption insurance be sure to check your
policies on data backup.  I had one client who would never make tapes
for off-site storage until he read his policy and found 
that losses that were because of lost data were NOT covered unless the
data was stored off-site too.

If you have a policy like that even using the hard disk data storage
devices means they should be off-site.

What tape systems are you using that fail so often? I only
ask because I was practically raised on tape in broadcasting, recording,
and computers, and good systems seem to run until you do run out of
space.

Bill
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com