Hi, > It's easy to believe you're saving money; the question is, how far are > your backup disks from the machine they're backing up? Some people have > a requirement for off-site backups so that they they still have their > data if their building burns down.
Yep. In our situation tapes have to be stored inside a safe. At least one recent tape must be off-site, etc. Not only for when the building burns down, but also because someone might break in and steal equipment. > However, you're right that disk has many advantages. A big one is speed. > You can do the backups themselves much faster and even skip the verify > pass (if you're using tape, you really should be verifying you can read > every single one you write) I realy like tapedrives with built-in read-after-write. Our AIT2 drive automatically checks if everything is written reliably, and if not, it automatically rewrites the data. Makes me sleep better :) Sander. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
