[ale] Backup strategies

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)]

Chris Kleeschulte wrote:
>
> I am not crazy about using tapes or having a service come and gather 
> the tapes.
>
Why are people so against tapes?  It is cost?  Is it sequential access 
to data?
It has been a long time since I used tapes.  The primary reason, is that 
I just don't have that much data to backup.    If I did, I would be 
combing the Internet looking for a tap solution that could hold that 
much data.   In the past I've been served well by the QIC-20, 1/4" cart, 
and 4GB DAT tapes.  We rotated them properly, cleaned the heads, and 
even validated the tapes after being written.

a tape drive and a service is an excellent idea.   You can't trust the 
service to be
secure with your tapes so encrypt the data.


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