Greg Stigers wrote:
> Our data center has a policy that I find interesting, and am inviting
> comment on. All backup tapes are sent off site, as part of the disaster
> recovery plan. Retrieval takes time and costs money. While this data center
> has not burned down to date, I appreciate the sense of off-site storage. I
> think that having the best of both worlds, keeping certain recent backups on
> site, and recent and historical tapes off site, makes more sense, but am not
> sure how to best achieve this. I am told that the data center neither has a
> DAT copier, nor an MPE utility to achieve this. One suggestion was to
> perform two sets of backups. TANSTAAFL; anything we can come up with will
> cost something. Again, comments are welcome, and suggestions appreciated.

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