[Gllug] Backup recommendations

[Jackson, Harry]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Damerell [mailto:damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk]
> 
> On Tuesday, 12 Feb 2002, Jackson, Harry wrote:
> >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


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