-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 10:26:42AM -0600, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote: > >>IMAP and centralized mail storage is solution for his problem. And the > >>most inexpensive too. Period. > > > >And how do you plan on backuping that ? An array of DLT units ? > > I'd probably back it up to disk. Pair of 200-300GB drives (in RAID-1). > Very inexpensive. The problem with that setup is that you can't get historical data. If that is not an issue, then I agree RAID-1 is enough. > Would be interesting to hear how did you envision to backup 2000 USB > sticks that > users are carrying around (and loosing them on regular basis)... You are shifting the responsibility for the backup. The user can backup it on any machine, including his home computer. But it is no longer the institution (school) responsibility to handle the backup. []s - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDlxJDpdyWzQ5b5ckRAvzyAKCxc4tIoPo9DbQe3gwJCvgPsLSgVwCgn2/6 MnBhBKlH3lTMKIf9Gre4Wag= =MWKk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----