Re: [OT] Backups

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If tapes, be careful to look after them & be prepared to copy them
at
intervals ... 'say this as one who thought tapes lasted for ever, if
treated carefully, but (at least with my reel-reel hi-fi tapes) this
is not reliably the case ... they can absorb moisture & go very
slightly sticky ... careful baking can restore most ... have some
links, if interested ... I imagine hi-fi & data tapes are
similar ... ???

Chris


On 1 Jun 2007, at 15:27, Alex Monaghan wrote:

> For simplicity, a big tape drive or a device with a simple auto-
> loader would
> be a good idea.
>
> If you have a reasonable Internet connection then you could try
> setting up
> an rsync server and doing an incremental rsync backup each night
> (that's how
> I keep a security copy of 1 of my customers who I can't trust to
> backup
> daily)
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of
> Rob Mouser
> Sent: 01 June 2007 14:10
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Backups
>
> Hi all
>
> This is OT but I am sure is very relevant to us media storage
> junkies! I am
> trying to help out a friend who wants to improve his back-up but I
> don't
> know which way to take him. I'll try and explain his set-up:
>
> - One server running SBS 2000
> - Currently around 200gb of data and exchange folders
> - One tape drive Travan 20/40
> - One licensed copy of Backup Exec v9 SB Edition
>
> Now obviously his tape drive cant backup all his data and because
> the staff
> in this small office are email junkies he's not even backing up the
> entire
> Exchange store either onto a single tape.
>
> He wants a 'single' one stop back-up solution that's fairly
> automated and
> simple. He just about manages to get his staff to put a fresh tape
> in each
> day :-)
>
> Almost ALL his data is design files and images and thus compressing
> the data
> doesn't have a huge effect.
>
> His data storage needs are likely to double in the next 12 months.
>
> So should he look at one of the new generation 400/800gb tape
> drives or
> should he be looking at harddisc backup (Say to something like a
> terastation.)
>
> Tapes have the huge advantage of being able to be taken off site thus
> providing a more robust recovery solution.
>
> Perhaps the solution is both?
>
> Ta
>
> Rob
>
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