Comments on: Backups are great. Restores are better!

By: Karl Lewis

Karl Lewis — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:55:10 +0000

I wish I could say with 100% certainty that every backup I wrote to tape was readable. However, that’s the reason you don’t keep “one” backup tape. You take weekly, monthly and quarterly backups for this very reason – to increase the chances of getting data sets from multiple pieces of media. Archival backups are only good if they can be tested for readability, then perfectly preserved. Without both, the archival backup is a shot in the dark.

By: Storage Editors

Storage Editors — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:57:05 +0000

Hi Frank,

We appreciate your skepticism. But in this instance a list of industry examples in which tapes have not been readable for restore purposes would probably wrap around the planet.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:39:24 +0000

vendor scare tactic? is there a list of total industry examples?

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:36:46 +0000

Good story – proves the need to test restores on a regular basis.