8 Oct
2012
8 Oct
'12
9:01 a.m.
On 10/08/2012 11:56 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
RAID != backup != offsite backup!
I consider RAID as an availability measure - but how many installations
have you seen that have spare disks on-hand and procedures to monitor
and replace them? (I am sure the serious ones do. Elsewhere, every
cowboy sysadmin configures RAID on day 1... but where are the disks? :)
I do. But then some people think I'm crazy for running grownup
equipment with grownup procedures "at home".
Granted "at home" in this case means a 14,000 square foot building
where a few dozen web sites and 100+ email accounts and lists are
hosted, as well as my "put dinner on the table" work, but still...if
it's worth doing, it's worth doing right.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
RAID != backup
It does not help if you have a fire. A few businesses have been lost due
to not remembering this.