Hi, On 3/2/2007 10:02 PM, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Ryan Novosielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: ... >>A fire safe might fit the bill here. > > > I've always wondered about this. > > If I put _plastic_ tapes in a fire safe, how long does the safe actually > insulate the tapes from the heat that will damage them.
There are specifications for that. Unfortunately, I only know the ones used in germany :-) > Keep in mind that they don't have to burn to be ruined. They don't even > have to melt -- if they get hot enough, they'll be useless. > > Does anyone have any direct experience with how well a fire safe protects > something like backup tapes? If it's well insulated, it will protect them > for a while, but long enough for the fire to be extinguished? No direct experience, but the outline of a test for "S 120 P/DIS" is as follows: - expose to fire for 120 minutes (no idea how hot). - keep in the cooling room for 12 hours. - quicky heat up the safe to 1090°C, keep at that level for 15 minutes, let it cool down slowly and increase the temperature to 1090°C again. Keep at that level for 45 min. - drop the safe 9.15 m. - again, fire. 840°C this time, for 45 minutes. Afterwards, the safe must never have been warmer than 30°C in the inside, and the relative humidity must not have increased to more then 85%. You can not expect your tapes to resist hell, but a normal fire and related damage should be something they survive in such a safe. One example I found has a capacity of about 60 litres, a weight of 320kg, and can, with a common insurance police, be used for values of up to 50.000 EUR. I'd say there are options, but still you should have lots of copies of your vital business data... Arno -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
