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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? >