On 24 Mar 2010 09:26:58 -0700, eamacn...@yahoo.ca (Ted MacNEIL) wrote: >>> It's still the cheapest backup media. >>I depends. Media itself is the cheapest one, but for small amounts of data >>total cost of the solution may not be the cheapest. >>Good tape drives are expensive. > >Who backs up small amounts of data at a time? >When I said backup, I didn't mean users copying production fileds; I meant >real backups run by storage admin types (human or automatic).
Some critical small files get backed up as soon as they are created, often moved off-site. But more and more these days those are handled via FTP instead of tape. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
