Alan Brown wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2006, James Ray wrote:
> 
>> Having an on-site fire safe is not a good idea IMHO.
> 
> It's better than having the tapes onsite burn up.

Totally true! Having an on-site fire safe is better than no fire safe at
all.

> 
>> If you have the fire safe in the same location as your machine room
>> then you are unlikely to be able to gain access to that to restore any
>> data for around a week due to having to firstly let the safe cool
>> down, secondly the fire safety regulations will stop you (or anyone
>> useful) gaining access to the building/area to recover your media.
> 
> Ideally the backup system should be separated from the rest of the
> storage...

I find that this is even harder to manage to get sorted than a fire safe
that is off site. Having the backup server and tapes in another location
is ideal yes and we are working towards this kind of setup here, but a
fire safe doesn't require power and aircon where as the backup server
and tape library do.

> 
>> If at all possible, get the safe close by (for logistical reasons) but
>> in another building and then move the tapes that are unlikely to be
>> needed. Our current way of doing things is we keep ~2 to 4 days on-site
>> and off-site (to the other building) the rest. When a long recovery
>> comes through it means a walk to get the tapes but that's not so bad.
> 
> I agree, but whereever the media is stored, it should be in appropriate
> housing.
> 

*nods*. Agreed.

I wonder if you can get a fire safe tape library? :D

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James Ray.                          <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Computing Services
Queen Mary, University of London

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