Re: Tape/DVD Backup Suggestions?

From: Þórhallur Hálfdánarson <tolli(at)margmidlun(dot)is>
To: Nathan Mueller <nate(at)cs(dot)wisc(dot)edu>
Cc: strange(at)nsk(dot)yi(dot)org, Tony Reina <reina(at)nsi(dot)edu>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Tape/DVD Backup Suggestions?
Date: 2002-07-18 11:37:34
Message-ID: 20020718113734.B4670@margmidlun.is
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Hi

-*- Nathan Mueller <nate(at)cs(dot)wisc(dot)edu> [ 2002-07-18 00:18 ]:
> You won't lose data from disk if you use RAID.

Well... rm, anyone ? :)

RAID protects you from drive failures, sure, but not many other factors such as human mistake, software errors, compromised box etc.

I personally do a local pg_dump daily, and the entire machines are then backup up by Tivoli Storage Manager.

Regards,
Tolli

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