> Complete agreement. For us, mainframe DR was measured in hours, and > fractions thereof. Windoze/Linux server recovery was measured > in DAYS, > and fractions thereof. Backup and recovery of all those small > machines > just isn't as robust and timely as what we're accustomed to on our > "super servers".
Same here. We don't even try to restore the entire Windows environment. There's not enough time. The LAN people restore an "application subset" and test it. They assume that in a real disaster that having test each individually, then collective will work too. > > I attribute a large part of this problem to the various > vendors of the > equipment. There are no standards vis-a-vis tape recording > formats, no > high-capacity tape gear, no standardized backup/recovery software and > last but not least, no proper attitude in this direction. Management > won't invest, and PFCSK's mostly just don't give a damn. > BTW - there are high capacity tape drives for "distributed" systems. We are using the new TS1120 encrypting drives for our distributed system backups. Our PFCSKs do care. And management does too. However, there is the ever present risk vs. cost evaluation. So, IT management may care. But our main BCP person in not even in IT. And when the President/CEO starts yelling at __him__ about costs, then the you-know-what rolls down hill. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
