Todd
June 10th, 2002, 23:07
NexDog brought up the issue of tape backups in the paid hosting section in this thread: http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=28015
It was about to turn in to a small conversation in that thread but that wasn't the proper place so I'm posting about it here.
What are your thoughts on tape backup vs. hard drive backup. Both have their positives and negatives, what do you use and why?
Tazzman
June 12th, 2002, 06:48
I personally use harddrive backups as the datacenter my server is in doesn't offer tape backups. Also, a second harddrive is a one time fee of $69 for a 40 GIG drive, while tape backups will sure cost more. Also with the second harddrive I can make the backups whenever I want and not whenever the datacenter wants. I do recognize the drawbacks of backing up to a second harddrive too, but it's not like I have a choice anyway...
Haze
June 12th, 2002, 18:30
Tape backup is an excellent, but expensive choice. Hard drive backups can have there share of problems. If a hacker breaks into your system, your "fux0red". What we do is make the backup, and send it off to a remote server on a daily basis. Its a little time consuming, but it gives me piece of mind really.
Tazzman
June 12th, 2002, 19:42
If I were a commercial host, I'd probably set up one machine to act as a backup server. I'd stuff this machine full of drives and make it as secure as possible. That solution probably has the best balance between price and safety. One of the drives could always fail, that's always a (small) risk, but tape backups cost a fotune :(
