Do you still use tapes?

plexer · 18-11-2008, 03:13 PM

The usage on my backup share on my san/nas is currently 871GB.

Ben

Jamman960 · 18-11-2008, 03:13 PM

We've used tape to date but we've out grown it unfourtunatly, until about a year and a half ago the school only had 1 server to backup and we now have 4.

We'd need to buy a new high capacity tape drive along with the tapes and extra veritas licenses etc etc so I've put togeather a plan for a new nas server to be housed in the furthest point on our site. I'm also looking at having 2 spare 1tb drives to be hot swapped for off site storage.

My current estimate comes in at around £900, tapes etc would push us to at least £1500 and still wouldn't offer any where near as much storage as the nas will.

elsiegee40 · 18-11-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DMcCoy

Still one site though? The problem is, I would assume that the chances of all buildings catching fire probably increase if it's arson.

1. Arsonists would need to be fit

Very steep hill! Vehicular access to premises very difficult.

2. Fireproof safe

Fuzzz · 18-11-2008, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elsiegee40

2. Fireproof safe

The save can be fireproof, but is it rated for datastorage? Otherwise it still can become too hot inside the safe for your tapes/HDD's

elsiegee40 · 18-11-2008, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fuzzz

The save can be fireproof, but is it rated for datastorage? Otherwise it still can become too hot inside the safe for your tapes/HDD's

Yep

Fuzzz · 18-11-2008, 04:17 PM

Then you've got it covered!

(I have to get myself one of those too!

)

localzuk · 18-11-2008, 04:19 PM

Let's put it this way - if a fire happens in your school, the least of your worries is going to be the data held on your server. There's gonna be a lot more to worry about...

ICT_GUY · 18-11-2008, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 7andY

Wow - must be some size. My tape system will store up to 800GB

7&Y

What I was getting at, was that for the volume of data, the cost of the drive and the tapes would be more beer tokens than I currently have in the piggy bank. USB sticks would do as off site backup for not much coinage.

MGSTech · 18-11-2008, 04:47 PM

yes, we use disk to disk to tape

Out of curiosity, which NAS boxes/Backup software are people using?

I ditched backup exec on our admin LAN last year and we're currently using Backup Assist.

Steve

Gibbo · 19-11-2008, 10:14 AM

Belt and braces approach for me. Backup to tapes as well as a NASBOX, plus a weekly ROBOCOPY of pupil and staff data to a spare hard drive at a third location.

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18-11-2008, 03:13 PM	#16
plexer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norfolk Posts: 4,283 Thanks: 30 Thanked 102 Times in 101 Posts Rep Power: 33	The usage on my backup share on my san/nas is currently 871GB. Ben

18-11-2008, 03:13 PM	#17
Jamman960 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London Posts: 108 Thanks: 3 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts Rep Power: 5	We've used tape to date but we've out grown it unfourtunatly, until about a year and a half ago the school only had 1 server to backup and we now have 4. We'd need to buy a new high capacity tape drive along with the tapes and extra veritas licenses etc etc so I've put togeather a plan for a new nas server to be housed in the furthest point on our site. I'm also looking at having 2 spare 1tb drives to be hot swapped for off site storage. My current estimate comes in at around £900, tapes etc would push us to at least £1500 and still wouldn't offer any where near as much storage as the nas will.

18-11-2008, 04:19 PM	#22
localzuk Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Minehead, Somerset Posts: 4,083 Thanks: 49 Thanked 111 Times in 99 Posts Blog Entries: 12 Rep Power: 33	Let's put it this way - if a fire happens in your school, the least of your worries is going to be the data held on your server. There's gonna be a lot more to worry about...

18-11-2008, 04:47 PM	#24
MGSTech Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 87 Thanks: 4 Thanked 11 Times in 6 Posts Rep Power: 5	yes, we use disk to disk to tape Out of curiosity, which NAS boxes/Backup software are people using? I ditched backup exec on our admin LAN last year and we're currently using Backup Assist. Steve

19-11-2008, 10:14 AM	#25
Gibbo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cheshire Posts: 550 Thanks: 23 Thanked 41 Times in 32 Posts Rep Power: 9	Belt and braces approach for me. Backup to tapes as well as a NASBOX, plus a weekly ROBOCOPY of pupil and staff data to a spare hard drive at a third location.

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