On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Paul Tabolinsky <[email protected]> wrote: > Yup > The largest problem here is one of to much money in the hands of the > insecure, truly uneducated. When CEO's, Boards and upper level management > just don't know or more so, don't care, then the situation will just get > worst. > I've been there and gave up. When one talks with people who only care > about "self". > I hate to be negative, . . . . . but. > Paul T.
I had a boss that complained at the high price of tapes, tape drives, people, servers, Iron Mountain, etc. and wanted to cut down the cost of backups. All the options (other backup software, etc) were more expensive in those components. I suggested getting a quote from Lloyd's (or similar insurance company) to find out what the premiums would be to carry a 'no backup' policy for this publicly traded bank. If it is cheaper than doing backups, buy the policy, then fire me and terminate backups. ... My job was secure till I left under my own power. ... I got updated backup servers. ... For some reason my boss thought I had a 'bad attitude'. ... I still wonder why. When I left, the boss changed backup software, but still it didn't bring costs down. Backups are only an insurance policy. The cost of doing them is the premiums we pay. Even folks that support backups hate them, because they are only needed when things go badly. (Anything from the 'oh sh*# I need that file back' to the full disaster recovery scenario, rebuilding a data center from scratch on new equipment (yes, I have done that, and it is hard, but with planning is also successful)) Backups need to be made. They need to be tested to make sure data you want is backed up. And occasionally do a 'disaster test'. (Get some equipment and restore from backups an entire server, and prove the applications on it are running with good data. - like I said, it is hard, but that is what it takes to 'prove' your backup scenario works for DR) Enough preaching ... Time for a nap. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
