RE: BRMS and tape "storage"

We remove the tapes that are written every morning and stored off 
location.  We also have 40+ tape rotation.

Ed Griffin
IT Analyst
City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Dept.
1 Canal Street
Holyoke, Ma 01040

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I'm with you Jeff,  I remove the tapes every morning and store them.

Jeff Green
ERP Manager
Metal Sales Manufacturing
7800 State Route 60
Sellersburg, IN 47172
(812) 218-7349
www.mtlsales.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Crosby [mailto:jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 08:19
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: BRMS and tape "storage"


We've been installing an i5 the last couple of days and during the 'hurry 
up
and wait' phases I've been talking to the SIS engineer about using BRMS
which will be new to me.

He said a number of companies use 10 tapes in rotation, 5 per week,
alternating.  On Monday they will load 5 tapes into the tape drive and 
leave
them there all week.  BRMS will use a different tape each day.  On Friday
they get removed and stored.  The following Monday the other 5 tapes are
loaded and the week is repeated.

Do companies actually do this?  Backup onto a tape and leave it in the
drive?  There is no way I would do this.  Once the backup is finished, the
tape is removed and stored in the fire-resistant safe within a few 
minutes.
Why would you leave your most current backups in the tape drive while 
older
backups are stored in the safe?  Am I crazy?

-- 
Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.






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