offsite tape storage
10 November 2008, 03:12 PM
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We use an external company, Iron Mountain. They hold all our weekly/monthly and annual backup tapes. Once a week, they collect the tapes we just used and deliver the ones we need next.
We also keep the current backup at another office location (in a safe) our internal courier takes that and swaps it with the one already offsite. These are transported in a secure strong case.
The remainder are kept in a locked fireproof onsite safe, for security reasons.
We also keep the current backup at another office location (in a safe) our internal courier takes that and swaps it with the one already offsite. These are transported in a secure strong case.
The remainder are kept in a locked fireproof onsite safe, for security reasons.
11 November 2008, 01:31 PM
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A lot of security firms used to use a cheapskate method of storing at other branches eg. (3 branches) branch 1 sends to 2, 2 sends to 3, 3 sends to 1.
Not many companies or government offices use the method now though, because if you lose the data it's your own fault, better to have someone else to blame
Not many companies or government offices use the method now though, because if you lose the data it's your own fault, better to have someone else to blame
11 November 2008, 02:07 PM
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Blimey Iron Mountain must have improved then! They were hopeless when I worked at a place that used them a few years back in the City. Always returning the wrong tapes when recalled for a restore or saying they were lost 
Sometimes their daily pick up never turned up, other times he'd have the wrong tape list etc.
Sometimes their daily pick up never turned up, other times he'd have the wrong tape list etc.
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No, its a fair comment and familiar customer feedback from back then; something they've been focussed on correcting. Its been a hard transition unifying the business and I think you'd notice a marked improvement now 
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