Howdy,

Our nightly backups are ASAP moved to one of them 3000 degree for
1.5 hour tape vaults located about 1/8 mile from the computer room
on the second floor of a cinder block building which is entirely
contained under the facility roof.  Occasionally (secret stuff) we
haul off full backups to an offsite vaulted facility.  Works well,
keeps auditors happy.  Also implies you have a facility large enough
to do something like this.

As a note, somtimes auditors/management are satisfied if the backups
are away from the machine room in a "fire retardandt" environment
as opposed to "fire proof" (not sure if "fire proof" is an oxymoron or not).
Sounds strange but I've been there.

good luck,
Jim Trudeau

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> From:         Stigers, Greg ~ AND
> Sent:         Monday, March 23, 1998 3:08 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Tape libraries and Disaster Recovery
>
> 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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