Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Backups are a kind of security too
Forbes has an overview of backup options.
They're way too kind to tape. A cheap tape drive will cause you almost as much grief as a bad marriage, and the trustworthy tape drives aren't cost effective unless you're backing up a lot of data.
They should have said more about over-the-Internet offsite backup services. The questions you should ask about those include
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They're way too kind to tape. A cheap tape drive will cause you almost as much grief as a bad marriage, and the trustworthy tape drives aren't cost effective unless you're backing up a lot of data.
They should have said more about over-the-Internet offsite backup services. The questions you should ask about those include
- What happens to my archival data if you go out of business?
- Will my data be encrypted at your site?
- Can I restore to a place that's not my regular business location, in the event of a disaster?
- If so, what's to stop somebody from calling you, saying they're me, telling you that they're restarting operations in temporary space after a fire, and telling you to "restore" all my data to them?
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