[Gllug] Backup recommendations

[Kim Hawtin]

> > >Fit another controller and you may be able to get back the data. If you have
> > >two identical drives the controller from one should fit the other.
> > 
> > I don't think you're addressing the general point that, if your
> > backups are in the same place as your machine, many things can carry
> > them both off - and this is particularly true if they are dependent on
> > the same infrastructure as your machine (worst case, they're on discs
> > inside the machine and using its power supply.)
> > 
> > In this specific case, I was thinking not of drive electronics but of
> > a mad IDE controller that eats all your discs at once. It does happen.
> 
> Off site storage was not the point I was addressing. I was just wondering
> why you mentioned fire and brimstone, off site storage and possible failures
> when Jim mentioned the IDE solution. Are we to make the assumption that
> tapes are always held off site, do not get stolen and never fail or am I
> missing some key point in this thread.
> 
> I was more interested in your reasons for knocking Jims solution. If tapes
> are not subject to the types of things you mentioned then I would be
> interested in hearing more about them because they are quite phenomenal
> pieces of equipment. A few hundred pounds would be a small price to pay for
> such an item that is fire proof, theft proof and is always in a different
> location from the one it was used. These things bend the laws of physics and
> if someone is selling them cheap I want to know about it.
> 
Harry,

you need to get yourself one of these neat little carpet bags... 
roughly infinite in internal volume and automagically recalls the
item that you need. mine has a special section for magnetic media.

yours,

kim
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