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Use the old tiered storage approach.<br />
Have a NAS for local backups and use tape for off site backup storage.<br />
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The problem with spinning disk is it is subject to bit rot if not powered on(about 3 to 5 years).<br />
With tape ,you have 25 year shelf life.<br />
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So the best of both worlds.<br />
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RDX is just another disk.
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Thank you both for your responses<br />
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The other issue of course is price: an LTO is usually destined to run off a server with a server OS
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Thanks for these reponses<br />
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Tape is what the client wants, so that's what I'm going to put in my offer<br />
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The remaining issue is finding a device that will run off a Windows 7 workstation<br />
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I suppose an LTO5 from Tandberg would suffice, together with BackupAssist to keep the overall cost down; just need to find a solid SAS controller with Win7 drivers<br />
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Any recommendations for PC based SAS controller boards &nbsp;?
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All you need is a basic controller.<br />
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<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAA4T3T87368" rel="ugc">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAA4T3T87368</a>
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Hi<br />
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One on my clients is hellbent on purchasing an LTO drive to run his backups.<br />
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His site is composed of five workstations, and no server; overkill you say ?<br />
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The reason he prefers the tape medium is because of &nbsp;the security this appliance offers; the stored data isn't <br />
directly accessible, therefore safe from infection or &nbsp;manipulation by malevolant sources.<br />
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Any disk based backup medium is physically and easily accessible therefore not secure.<br />
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Unfortunately, today's tape backup solutions seem to have a single contender, LTO.<br />
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I was wandering whether RDX devices share the same vulnerabilities as regular disk based backup options ?<br />
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If I can control the workstation that is hooked to the RDX device, can I also access the data that is on the currently<br />
inserted RDX disk ?<br />
<br />
thanks<br />
yann
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Hi

One on my clients is hellbent on purchasing an LTO drive to run his backups.

His site is composed of five workstations, and no server; overkill you say ?

The reason he prefers the tape medium is because of  the security this appliance offers; the stored data isn't 
directly accessible, therefore safe from infection or  manipulation by malevolant sources.

Any disk based backup medium is physically and easily accessible therefore not secure.

Unfortunately, today's tape backup solutions seem to have a single contender, LTO.

I was wandering whether RDX devices share the same vulnerabilities as regular disk based backup options ?

If I can control the workstation that is hooked to the RDX device, can I also access the data that is on the currently
inserted RDX disk ?

thanks
yann

Tape vs RDX backup

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.