Do it for free.  Throw 'em in your bank's night drop.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Hummert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Posted At: Thursday, September 12, 2002 05:55 PM
> Posted To: MSExchange Mailing List
> Conversation: Backup Hardware
> Subject: RE: Backup Hardware
> 
> 
> Ah we're a small business. Not cost effective. I looked into 
> it once and it would eat the majority of my budget
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Peoples
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 3:53 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Backup Hardware
> 
> 
> 
> Certainly not the ideal scenario... that's for sure.
> 
> For starters, What if you lose the tape on your way home and 
> someone else picks it up?
> 
> For a couple of hundred dollars a year... get the company to 
> pay for proper offsite storage services. It's their data, so 
> they should want to be protecting it as best they can.
> 
> MP
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Hummert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 13 September 2002 8:44 AM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Backup Hardware
> 
> 
> He takes it home and puts it back in. I imagine the life of 
> the HD is pretty short from all that rebuilding.
> 
> I take the tapes home from my office to make sure their 
> offsite in case of a fire. Any problem with that?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of 
> EXTERN Hlabse Tony (Tek Systems;RBNA/CIT1)
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 3:41 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: RE: Backup Hardware
> 
> 
> What? That is one of the funniest things I have heard in a 
> long time. Now I have heard people taking tapes home with 
> them. What I would like to know when he gets back to work 
> does he put it back in or does he take one out and put 
> another in. This is too funny.
> 
> Almost as good as " Hey my System Idle process is at 99% can 
> someone tell how to make it stop taking up all the CPU cycles?"
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Hummert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 5:21 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: Backup Hardware
> 
> 
> My boss has a friend that has a company that backs up their 
> servers by taking a spare hard drive from a RAID 5 config 
> home ever night. Currently we are using a VAX tape drive to 
> back up our systems. He seems to think that the hard drive 
> solution sounds like a great idea. I think it's possibly the 
> worst idea ever created. Besides the constant vibrations, and 
> temperature changes that the hard drives would have to 
> withstand could everyone give me some more reasons as to why 
> this is a bad idea. I think I just need a little ammo from 
> other admins to help convince him. 
> 
> Thanks
> Chris Hummert
> 
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