Write-only backup media and big archives - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

4 Jul 2009

Thanks. I'll hunt down a box for my backups, and can store? a backup set elsewhere.

Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk

--- On Sat, 4/7/09, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:

From: Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>
Subject: Re: Write-only backup media and big archives
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Date: Saturday, 4 July, 2009, 5:21 PM

On 4 Jul 2009 at 13:53, Andrew Burton wrote:

...
  I was recently wondering how harddrives and USB memory
sticks would
 hold up against an EMP burst (from a very close lightning strike).
 Data stored on a CD/DVD wouldn't be effected, but it is far easier to
 do backups to tape, a 2nd harddrive or a USB stick than CDs/DVDs. Of
 course CDs/DVDs could be damaged by heat. 
I do backups to USB flash routinely and store them in a metal file 
box.? I worry more far more about damage from fire than from EMP.???
Storing a duplicate set of backups off-site is always a good move--I 
periodically rotate a set through the safety deposit box at my bank 
(offered at no charge to depositors).

--Chuck