[ale] Backup strategies

[Stephen Benjamin]

That's why we keep the NAS around.  It fits 2-3 months of backups.  I like
the online services , but with 1TB+ to backup and only 3MBps of bandwidth at
the office, it's not practical.



On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com> wrote:

> 2008/9/12 Stephen Benjamin <skbenja at gmail.com>:
> > Tapes, if properly maintained (and it isn't that much maintenance) work
> just fine.
>
> .... until you need to get something off of one in the middle of a
> rainy night whilst on vacation in the sub-tropics. ;-)
>
> Tapes, while they have shown themselves to be time enduring, require a
> physical hands-on approach for all but the least-frugal of businesses.
>  Enterprise-strength online backup providers (a'la Arsenal Digital,
> etc.) provide ease and sanity.  Although now that I look at AD it
> seems $DAYJOB has bought them too. <sigh>
>
> -Jim P.
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