[PLUG] RAID 1 suggestions - why backup email on DLT

[Chris Jantzen]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 06:13:40AM -0800, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 11:08:11PM -0800, Chris Jantzen wrote:
> > some cases, for certain kinds of storage scenarios, you're better off
> > just backing it all up to a spare hard drive and putting it into a safe.
> > What's the point of spending $10,000 on a SuperDLT and/or Ultrium
> > storage solution just to store a bunch of email?
> 
> If you happen to be any sort of entity that might be required to provide
> backups to the courts that's a big point.  Current example would be 
> the Mutual Funds and brokerage houses that were allowing after hours
> trading.  The SEC is requesting several years of email archives.  These
> businesses were also required to keep backups in the first place.  For
> that matter there's a push for all IM traffic to be archvied.  

Like I said, anymore it's not such a clear question. Anymore, you'll
have different grades of data and different backup strategies.

-- 
chris kb7rnl =->
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