On 16 Jan 2003, Scot Harkins wrote: > While a backup to an installed IDE disk is acceptable for things like > data recovery or even system recovery after certain types of faults, the > fact that the drive is installed makes it equally susceptible to > power-related problems. If a lightening strike lands nearby it may well > fry the system whole, blowing past any power protection devices. > Likewise, a rare but real occurance is a power-supply fault that blows > the system. Your installed backup device, with all the backed up data > and promise of recovery, becomes a paperweight unless you want to pay a > data recovery firm ($$$) to extract the data.
IDE drives have become so cheap per Gig that we are actually looking at using them instead of tapes here at UMBC. Install hotswap frames for the drives, mirror the drive to be backed up, break the mirrorset, and throw the drives into the "tape cabinet". Steve Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
