On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:00:35 CDT, David Masover said: > Do backups. Now. You are an idiot and/or a cheapskate if you don't > have backups, because one day something will happen -- probably > something ridiculously stupid -- and you will need them. I mean, go > build a backup server and, if you can afford it, give it something like > a terabyte raid5 hotplug array. Do it now.
And if possible, don't rely on the fact that raid5 is redundant. I know somebody who worked at a dot-com, and a PHB bought a large 2-terabyte RAID5 in the days when 2T was still "pretty big". Said PHB refused to buy a separate backup, since it was hot-swap RAID5. Friend voiced objections, and PHB gloated the first 2 times a single disk died and the system automagically rebuilt onto a hot spare. Then poetic justice arrived - a plumbing problem on a floor above caused multiple thousands of gallons to decide the fastest way to ground level was through the RAID5. Everybody immediately started updating their resumes, because they *knew* the company was doomed when all their data went away. Except for the PHB - his resume used to be on the RAID5...;)
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