Well, most of our "proprietary" data is on the iSeries / AS400 side of things, and would not be backed up that way. The Windows side of things mainly has stuff that is or can be public knowledge (Spec sheets, etc) although I'm planning on adding email and desktop backups to that, so it may or may not be appropriate. The main concern I have for cloud-based backup is the ongoing cost. I mean, yeah, the initial cost of a tape drive/library is pretty high but a cloud-based backup service is somewhat like blackmail -- you pay and you pay and you pay. :-) Either way, though you'll have to pay. I guess even if you go with tape, you'll have to replace tapes as they wear out and eventually you'll need the next generation of tape drives that hold more data, etc....
-----Original Message----- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backups Check out Amazon's S3 service. I'm using it in conjunction with a bunch of EC2 stuff, but it's also available for enterprise or home-to-S3 use. Surprisingly cheap. There's also a tool called Cloudberry (cloudberrylabs.com I think) that makes the backup process stunningly simple... My preference is local disk-to-disk backups with a cloud-based offsite. Tapes are expensive and a pain to manage by comparison. Depending on the business though, cloud-based storage might be inappropriate... *********************** Charlie Kaiser [email protected] Kingman, AZ *********************** > -----Original Message----- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:06 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Backups > > I'm working on the D/R part of my storage and D/R project. > Got some more options now that I'm reporting to someone else. > I now have the option of considering an internet-based backup > service. I know that there are Enterprise-level backup > services, but I don't know much else. Anyone here got a > recommendation? Also, if you were not overly concerned about > the speed of recovering the data (had several days to recover > it) would you go for the tape drive/library idea or a backup service? > > > > John-AldrichTile-Tools > > > > > > > > ~ 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/> ~
