RE: Cranky LTO tape drive

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does your car have a spare tire?

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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth
Martin
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:49 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Cranky LTO tape drive

That, to me, is the real advantage of RDi.  Both your PC and your 
iSeries are always current and are the back up for each other. The 
likelihood of losing both at the same time are quite remote. But if that 
is a concern, add svn to your set-up and you are pretty much guaranteed 
instant recovery without the hardware hassles.  The bigger plus is that 
suddenly you are set up for team development.

in my opinion, the days of tape are, blessedly, gone the way of the 
quill pen, the cloth diaper, and the cathode ray tube.


On 12/28/2016 5:10 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:
> In a pinch....but if something catastrophic happens I'd like to be 
> able to restore to the most recent backup, even if it is a year old.  
> I DO save the system before CUME's and OS version jumps, JUST in case.
>
> I need a drive to save to, even if the data isn't important, being 
> able to get back on my feet is still important.
>
> Pete Helgren
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