On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, michael hast wrote:
>
> > Agree with everything Ian mentioned. Only advantage to of tape, is to
> > have multiple copies (different days/weeks/months/eoy) of same data
> > set, that can be stored off site (incase of disaster). I have used
> > Brightstor from Ca in a production enviroment. Software worked fine
> > (bit of a learning curve)... their tech support out of Tampa is
> > horrible (one time told me to install Window NT 4.0 patch 3.0 on
> > Redhat server to fix my problem. Yes, sadly was true).
> > http://www3.ca.com/solutions/Product.aspx?ID=3370
> >
> > Off site storage could be managed with USB/Firewire HD storage of data
> > that can be taken off site.
>
> Couldn't you simply FTP it to an off-site server? I would be interested
> to know why that wouldn't work.
If you don't mind transmitting it in the clear (unless you encrypt it).
Also, depending on your connection and tape drive speed, that may or may not
represent a time savings. And the other end may not have enough disk space.
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