I believe we use Iron Mountain. secure connection, contract on data and such.
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:37 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
