Problem is, Iron Mountain (and similar) is not an option for all of us. I work in the same town as a major university. The next largest employers are a hospital complex and a publishing company. I have queried IT folks at each about off-site storage.
Iron Mountain does not come within 50+ miles of here. (They are more than happy to store anything we can get to them, and they do shred paper for us once per month, but that's all they'll do for us.) Each of the organizations owns land "off campus", where they have a building with a safe. No, they will not let us "rent space". All we are able to do is have our tapes in a nearby bank deposit box (only slightly better than nothing). Of coarse, all this is rather irrelevent as, they guy really wants to know how to back up 2 Tb data to portable storage... -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. "Ziots, Edward" <[email protected]> wrote on 07/28/2010 08:00:33 AM: > VP is taking a copy of the museums data. ( Are those tapes encrypted?) ( > If not you are looking at a Information breach very soon, and why does > the VP need to take the tapes home, why not contract to Iron mountain or > put in a safe onsite to hold those tapes and rotate them accordingly) > > Food for thought, but the VP having a copy of all the Museums data isn't > the best idea, what if he leaves, he just left with all your data > accordingly, take it to the next competitor ( I dunno if that is a > high-risk) but the information on the drives definitely might have > proprietary or sensitive information about your organization, that > honestly, the VP really doesn't have a legit reason to take outside the > confines of the organization. > > Z > > Edward E. Ziots > CISSP, Network +, Security + > Network Engineer > Lifespan Organization > Email:[email protected] > Cell:401-639-3505 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: backing up too much data > > I have been backing up all our data to tape drives. A vice president of > the Museum likes to take a copy home regularly in case our machines blow > up... > > But now we have nearly two terabytes of data. Tape drives go up to 1.7 > T's, but I can only find libraries going higher. > > What other options do I have, so the VP can still take home a copy of > the data? > > Extra HDs take so much time. > > ~ 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/> ~
