Re: fireproof backups

[Chuck Lewis <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So why don't they just centralize the AS/400's ? Or "regionalize" them
with trained/trusted staff ?

"Bale, Dan" wrote:

Actually, there are some fireproof vaults made to withstand the heat that would render tapes unusable, but they ain't cheap!

>All you have to do is trust personnel transporting the media to take prudent 
>care of them like not leaving in direct sunlight, storing in car trunk in all 
>weather, do not lean up against a telephone etc.

Well, that's the big question.  Since it's my a** that's on the line here, I'm not inclined to rely on this to happen.

- Dan 
Dan Bale says "BAN DALE!"
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com
  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)

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-----Original Message-----
From:   MacWheel99@aol.com [SMTP:MacWheel99@aol.com]
Sent:   Monday, June 18, 2001 3:59 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: fireproof backups

We have a fire proof safe
We use it for storing some stuff that we need to lock up sometimes
We do not fool ourselves that magnetic medeia in there will be useable in the 
after math of a real fire
Fire Proof means the papers won't burn
it does not mean magnetic media won't melt

Off site rotation of backups is dirt cheap
All you have to do is trust personnel transporting the media to take prudent 
care of them like not leaving in direct sunlight, storing in car trunk in all 
weather, do not lean up against a telephone etc.

MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)