If your budget isn't big enough for the latest/greatest hardware encrypti on solution, there is the possibility of software encryption of your Disaste r Recovery backups. I was able to demonstrate that for two DR exercises bef ore the hardware only solution was available. /Tom Kern
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:08:19 -0500, Nick Laflamme <[EMAIL PROTECTED] u> wrote: >Used 3590s are probably easy to find and not too expensive. At my >last VM shop, five years ago, we were able to buy two drives used >despite having almost no capital budget, so they must have been >low-priced by then on the used market. (There's more than one >generation of 3590; I think; these surely were the earliest models we >had, B11s.) > >If you have legal requirements about encrypting tapes you send >off-site for DR, you may want to look at 3592s with built in >encryption. They might not fit within your nominal budget, but the >built-in encryption might make a business case for them. (I speak >from theoretical knowledge, not practical experience. Sorry.) > >Hope this helps, >Nick
