I would have to go with Mike on this one. There is no replacement for external backup media. It can be taken off-site in case of a physical disaster and it can save you if someone fat fingers the 'rm' command :)
And since disk storage is now so cheap (even SCSI disks aren't that expensive now), and software RAID with Red Hat Linux is free, you can have both protection against hardware failure (i.e. disks, controllers, etc.) as well as a "disaster" (your building blows up, fire, act of God, etc). Andy. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Pelley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 12:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: backing up - RAID or tape drive? Why not both? If your OS (I'm assuming that you're using Red Hat Linux) supports software RAID then you can use it. Disk (especially IDE-based disk) is cheap and fast now-a-days. Get a tape drive you can afford that can contain your data and bob's-your-uncle. Jon is right - make sure that you store your backups at a remote location - even if you take it home at night. Myself, I've used eBay to get cheap disks and tape drives for my home mini-network. My off-site storage is my desk drawer at work... Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gaudette Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 1:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: backing up - RAID or tape drive? If you can afford it, go for a tape drive. External Media is always a great thing to have, as it is just that, external. RAID does not protect against a clumsy co-worker who mistakingly deletes that key database, or all that person's important files, etc., etc. It also most definitely does not provide protection against the elements (fire, water, etc.). Just my two cents, but if you are going to go with one, go with the tape drive. Also, make sure that the backups are stored in a REMOTE location. Tape disks that are sitting on top of the server, or in a room off of the server will not provide any use if the elements decide to knock on your door. -Jon On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 23:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello All > > I appreciate that this is not quite the place to ask > this question but if some of you out there would be > willing to spend some time answering this question I > would be very grateful. > > In a place where I do voluntary work we have got some > money to buy a pc to act as a server. > > We want to back up our data. > > Someone has suggested using software RAID but I thought > that a tape drive of some sort would be more appropriate > for backing up. > > What do you guys N gals think. > > t.ir -- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
