We already have a policy covering data preservation and recovery under any foreseeable disaster scenarios: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:TERMINAL
;) Ryan Kaldari On 6/2/11 4:44 PM, Mark Wagner wrote: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 16:11, Neil Harris<[email protected]> wrote: >> Tape is -- still -- your friend here. Flip the write-protect after >> writing, have two sets of off-site tapes, one copy of each in each of >> two secure and widely separated off-site locations run by two different >> organizations, and you're sorted. > The mechanics of the backup are largely irrelevant. What matters are > the *policies*: what data do you back up, when do you back it up, how > often do you test your backups, and so on. Once you've got that > sorted out, it doesn't really matter whether you're storing the > backups on tape, remote servers, or magic pixie dust. > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
