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Hans van Eynsbergen  
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 More options Sep 5 2007, 6:37 pm
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From: Hans van Eynsbergen <strangew...@FSCKSPAMplanet.nl>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 00:37:48 +0200
Local: Wed, Sep 5 2007 6:37 pm
Subject: Re: New Question about Law Enforcement Server Backup Tapes
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On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:54:19 -0700, Onideus Mad Hatter who thought that
every major problem could be solved just with potatoes, wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 23:24:22 +0200, Hans van Eynsbergen
> <strangew...@FSCKSPAMplanet.nl> wrote:

>>On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:05:30 -0000, ctops_legal who thought that every
>>major problem could be solved just with potatoes, wrote:

>>> How long does most law enforcement agencies keep there servers backup
>>> tapes ?

>>>                                                        ctops.legal

>>You think they still use tapes ?
>>ROTFLMAO !

> Actually some probably do.  I've known some places, especially older
> hospitals, that are using systems that are more than a quarter century
> out of date.  Often times the problem is that the system is as big as
> a room and it's not something you can just set out at the curb and let
> the garbage man haul off, so they just stick with it for as long as
> possible.

Agreed, but I think that on a somewhat higher level any Government agency
won't be using tapes anymore.
As you say it takes up a lot of space.

At our office the whole tape back-up system was ditched some 2 years ago.
Correct me if I'm wrong, the tapes looked like DAT tapes and were stored in
big fire proof cabinets.
2 guys were busy all day with these tapes and all the work involved.
As far as I know back ups are now made on HD's.

--
Hans

"Forty-two!"
"Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years of
work?"
"I checked it very thoroughly", said the computer...


 
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