--On Tuesday, April 23, 2002 15:26:33 +0200 Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 23/04 2002 14:52 Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > Yes, maybe a good decision. (Although the purchase of new tapes and the management >of all of them do add up to a non-negligible cost.) While the cost of sufficient tapes is certainly 'non-negligible', and can actually be much greater than the cost of the library you put them, company management has to weigh the cost of tapes versus the cost of losing data. Sooner or later you will need to restore something. How much is it worth to be able to do that? There is much data that can be (somewhat) easily recreated, and other data that is irreplaceable or would take so long to recreate that you would be out of business before it could be recreated. If you don't have enough tapes to be comfortable in the ability to restore your data (and just because you have one copy doesn't mean you will be able to restore it), then get more tapes. If your management doesn't see the need, write up what you need and why, and be sure to save the response if they disagree, since your head is on the line if critical data can't be restored. Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
