-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ken Godee wrote: > It all really comes down to $ more than compatibility. > > How fast, how big, how much cost for media, > how much automation (will someone be there to swap tapes?). > > Don't forget about archival purposes. > Once had a law suit and needed database records from > several years past. VERY IMPORTANT! > > I can do a bare metal restore of any of our servers > with tape in around an hour, don't know why it would take days? It may take days to get a functional bare-metal machine ready. Even overnight Fedex is still a ~24 hour down time. Ray -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGCWFgW6j0KQLSyTQRAjyfAJ9o0R89RFL52ZaGgykpxPKN2Jy6oQCfZHnB YRNq806JUK7OYKuC+FuLoSc= =LYEI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----