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Re: [opensuse] Tape backup? - slightly OT
- From: David Brodbeck <gull@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:23:33 -0700
- Message-id: <4619E9F5.3050809@xxxxxxx>
John Andersen wrote:
> So back it up to another part of the building on your local lan.
>
> Its highly unlikely the ENTIRE CAMPUS will burn down, and if it
> does you have far greater problems, as well as a collection of
> melted tapes.
>
Unlikely, but it happens. WTC is one example. New Orleans is another.
Whole buildings and even whole neighborhoods *do* get wiped out by
fires, floods, tornados, you name it. Having backups geographically
somewhere else can mean the difference between a business being able to
continue or being wiped out entirely.
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> So back it up to another part of the building on your local lan.
>
> Its highly unlikely the ENTIRE CAMPUS will burn down, and if it
> does you have far greater problems, as well as a collection of
> melted tapes.
>
Unlikely, but it happens. WTC is one example. New Orleans is another.
Whole buildings and even whole neighborhoods *do* get wiped out by
fires, floods, tornados, you name it. Having backups geographically
somewhere else can mean the difference between a business being able to
continue or being wiped out entirely.
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