Ha! We used a cardboard boxes and a Ford van many moons ago. That was the mid 80's :-\
We now use stuff from http://www.datalinksales.com/. We have some hand held flex pak cases that work for us. I think they have some wheelie versions. - Devin On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Michael B. Smith < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of my data-center managers once told me: "Never disregard the bandwidth > of an 18-wheeler full of tapes" when I complained about the DR backups not > being online as quickly as I preferred. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > My blog: > http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael<http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael> > Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:01 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: way of carrying backup tapes > > Curious, how many Gigabits is this every week? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:51 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: way of carrying backup tapes > > Something like this? > > http://www.buy.com/prod/1650-watertight-hard-case-with-wheels-pick-n-plu > ck-foam-black/q/loc/111/203346323.html > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Miguel Gonzalez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi, > > > > We have a tape robot (LTO tapes) for backing up hundreds of servers > and user machines. > > > > We rotate those tapes once a week and move them to an archive in a > firesafe. > > > > Right now we are rotating around 80-100 tapes each time, which is a > big number of tapes to carry using a trolley suitcase. Besides this is a > really butchered way of carrying tapes (they are not hold tight so they > move when they are carried), it makes really unmanageable swapping that > big number of tapes. > > > > I remember from my previous job seeing lying around some cases where > you could store tapes (and they are hold tight). I guess there must be a > sophisticated way to carry those tapes (wheels will be a plus!) and make > swapping a thing of just putting the case inside the firesafe and taking > the old one and not having to take out each tape by one by one and do > the same thing to put the new tapes in the firesafe. > > > > I hope it doesn't sound too complicated. > > > > Miguel > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > -- Devin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
