[GLLUG] Network storage question

[Mike Szumlinski]

I actually do both for my business.  My production data needs are modest, so I have a 1TB firewire drive offsite connected to an old server that I sync to every couple of hours.  I can see that system and the data at any time (albeit slowly) and it is about 15 miles away from me, so baring something crazy in the world of natural disasters in Michigan, I'm probably ok.

I also have a tape library that I do a weekly full backup of and rotate tapes.  These are moved to a different location with the hope that I'll never have to use them, but having the data in two places beyond production makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

-Mike

On May 15, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Clay Dowling wrote:

> On 5/15/12 6:03 AM, Bert W. Carrier Jr. wrote:
>> Should I use tape drive backups every week and store them off site?
> This often makes people feel more comfortable, and if sending tapes
> offsite makes you feel comfortable, I'm all for doing things that feel good.
> 
> It won't back up your data though.  Unless you test your backups
> rigorously, and actually do the occasional test restore, it's almost
> assured that within a few months you'll be sending off hopelessly
> corrupted tapes which at best make interesting pistol targets, and at
> worst give you a false sense of security about your data.
> 
> You might talk to some of our list members about setting up offsite hot
> backup.  I know that both Stan Mortel and Jeff Lawton offer it as a service.
> 
> Clay
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