On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > We just spent $18K to upgrade our tape backup systems to (barely) keep up > with our ever > increasing file server space; we really need to spend $30K on a disk-disk > system.
I would also be interested in appropriately vague and incomplete "details" about your tape backup. :-) Just curious. A non-profit I volunteer at has a Windows PC server which is (guessing) around 5 years or so old. I think it has 200 to 400 GB of SCSI attached storage. Like clockwork once a week their office secretary plops in the oldest of box of 5 or so backup tapes and backs up the drives. I believe they have been doing this since they got it. It is likely they have *never* replaced any of the tapes. One of these days those hard drives are going to die and then we'll find out whether or not they have actually backed up their server data. Or not. They have one other firm IT maintenance policy. Never, ever power off the server. Not even to apply Windows security updates. I have tried to warn them. I think the reaction was something along the lines of, "Hmmmm, that doesn't sound good ... OH LOOK! A KITTEN!". What'cha gonna do? So, anyway, I'm curious how folks who might actually want to preserve their data might approach this. ;-) -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list