We already have a policy covering data preservation and recovery under any foreseeable disaster scenarios: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:TERMINAL
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Ryan Kaldari
On 6/2/11 4:44 PM, Mark Wagner wrote:
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 16:11, Neil Harrisneil@tonal.clara.co.uk wrote:
Tape is -- still -- your friend here. Flip the write-protect after writing, have two sets of off-site tapes, one copy of each in each of two secure and widely separated off-site locations run by two different organizations, and you're sorted.
The mechanics of the backup are largely irrelevant. What matters are the *policies*: what data do you back up, when do you back it up, how often do you test your backups, and so on. Once you've got that sorted out, it doesn't really matter whether you're storing the backups on tape, remote servers, or magic pixie dust.