Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:43:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>, Christopher Sean Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> Subject: Re: Replacing tape changer with USB disk drives. Message-ID: <20080617084215.P6322@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <48571BF2.8010407@ibctech.ca> References: <F551340C-1A3B-4357-9EC8-2FB2904ECCDD@vindaloo.com> <48571BF2.8010407@ibctech.ca>
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> > Do the tapes get taken off-site, or do they sit in the same location that the > servers will burn when a fire breaks out? probably sits on place, if not he wouldn't need tape changer, but would change manually :) > Once the network backup is complete, cycle this complete backup to tape which > can be taken off site for longer term storage (after the network backup to > 'hot' storage is done, the tape backup time becomes irrelevant). today tapes are so expensive (not just drives, but tapes) that it's better to just have many disks and swap them.
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