[mythtv-users] OT: Best Practices: Backup

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen P. Villano" <stephen.p.villano at gmail.com>

> DC-600 tapes, now that brings back fond memories!
> No surprise on the restoring from one embedded in drywall. You could
> hammer in nails with those old tapes!
> I really have to get my DDS-3 tapes from my storage unit and get the
> old tapes running again.

Did I mention I wasn't real fond of DDS either?  That 4mm tape is *just*
too damned narrow...

> Right now, I'm exclusively on spinning magnetic, though most are all
> RAID 5 or higher. Still, lose the controller or iron...

Yup.  Or accidentally rm -rf in the wrong place.  Anything that is
still connected isn't a 'backup'.
 
> We used to offsite the dailies. At the least, a few buildings away from
> the primary site. We also backed up across campus to spinning magnetic
> RAID storage.

I used to think that was enough.

And then 9/11 happened.  

And then Katrina happened.

What's next?

(Did I mention "on a different geographic plate" in that list?)

Cheers,
-- jra
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