On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 08:58:58AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > "wab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >Case in point... My department just approved the purchase of a $4,500 > >Iomega NAS server, to replace our NT and Unix tape backup DLT drives. I > >will soon be facilitating the use of AMANDA to a NAS server Vs. a SCSI > >DLT Tape. I look forward to the challenge/opportunity! > > > So what happens when your NAS goes haywire & scribbles all over your > backups? Or say a small meteor crashes through your roof & wipes out your > live disks & backup disks?
That's right. Nothing, nothing can beat tape at the moment, and that's why we still use it. Why? Because for the $ per megabyte, nothing can beat it. I've got over a terrabyte in combined tape storage (uncompressed) over my two week rotation, and that gives me the flexibility to go backwards in time to anywhere within the last two weeks, or to any of my monthly archived backups. Does your NAS server let you go back in time more than one day? If so, why would you spend more money on a NAS server than you would on your main file server? Seems a little backward to me. > Not trying to tell anyone what to do. I guess I just don't understand the > "we don't need no tape" attitude some folks have. Me either. -- Adam Smith Information Technology Officer SAGE Automation Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sageautomation.com
