Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

On 12.3.2012 01:37, Mark LaPierre wrote:

Tape, and tape drives, have a bad reputation. They are difficult and time consuming to verify.

Harddisks have a bad reputation too. They fail regulary.

Anyway, I would not feel comfortable about backing up data residing on a harddisk to another harddisk. I believe that a backup media has to provide different characteristics than the original media. An incident that harms original should not harm the backup.

What about if a firmware bug destroys all data on day XXX on all harddisks ? Well, extra paranoid maybe and of course I have not thought of all possible things that *could* happen.