+1 Understood, I just couldn't remember the brand of fire safe I'd used in the past. Rated for over 2 hours exposure to high temps without damage to tapes inside...specifically tested as a backup tape fire-resistant vault. Note the 'resistant' and not 'proof' in the description.
In most cases, the 'high temps' of over 1000 degrees don't last for hours in localized spots, but no guarantee. Personally I'd choose the fire resistant safe over tapes on top of someone's refrigerator at home ( don't ask ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: backing up too much data On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Erik Goldoff <egold...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seems that a wise investment would be a quality fire-resistant safe big > enough to hold a fire resistant lock box Fire safes aren't what most people think they are. Many of them are rated for paper only, not machine media. Most of the ones which are rated for machine media give you an hour, maybe two. Unless it's a bank vault, assume a serious structure fire is going to kill whatever you've got in your fire safe. Depending the specifics of the organization and the people and the data, I'd worry more about a local disaster than about the VP going rogue and taking the data with him. Stolen/misplaced media can be addressed by encryption. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
