I'm not sure I see the problem with taking backups home for off-site storage
in some situations. It's not perfect, but it adds an enormous amount of
additional safety in a very cheap and convenient way. I have even
recommended that faculty keep one copy of their backup of their office
desktop computer at home. Regarding possible theft, faculty all over campus
take their university-owned portable computers containing university data
home (not to mention all over the world), and I would say that a computer is
much more likely to be stolen during a home burglary (or from a traveler in
an airport) than some tapes are.
I agree that for AIS servers and other machines that have large amounts of
sensitive data, it's worthwhile to have a more secure arrangement, but for
many other situations in academic departments a home is not a bad off-site
location.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MSU Network Administrators Group
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter J Murray
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 4:24 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MSUNAG] off site backups
>
> What solutions are different units on campus using for 'off site'
> backup, or at least, backups in another building. Is there a
> service that ACNS or AIS provides for those of us who want to
> keep a redundant data source outside our building? Are
> system administrators taking home tapes with them for off
> site storage (and is that even allowed)? Does MSU have an
> agreement or preferred vendor for off site backup?
>
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