On 08/21/12 13:10, Alan Brown wrote: > On 21/08/12 17:50, Dan Langille wrote: >> All my backups are in my basement. Including the tapes. I really >> should move the latest full backups somewhere else. > > Preferably "sooner" rather than "later". > > One of our staff was burgled recently. The thieves took his personal > laptop as well as the USB hard drives he'd been using for backups > (on a shelf above the computer). He isn't a happy bunny.
I don't currently have any offsite storage for my backups. My contingency plan in case of a house fire includes grabbing the entire stack of LTO4 tapes off the shelf over my desk if time permits. Most of my contingency plans for burglary involve the burglar saying something like "OH SHIT." -- Phil Stracchino, CDK#2 DoD#299792458 ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355 ala...@caerllewys.net ala...@metrocast.net p...@co.ordinate.org Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, SQL wrangler, Free Stater It's not the years, it's the mileage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users