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Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 1:33
PM
Subject: RE: fireproof backups
Excellent
questions. Supposedly the data cable and the power cable are "double
sealed" (whatever the heck that means!)
The proposed vault
solution is nebulous at best. The 350 Degree/2 Hour rating given for
this vault is typically the standard for paper to survive a fire. I
asked the vendor how this would protect magnetic media that cannot survive
sustained temperatures of over 120 degrees or so. His response was that
he believed that was the rating outside of the safe! I'll tell ya, this
guy scares me! Even without having to consider surviving a fire, how hot
do you think a sealed fireproof vault would get after one week of being
powered on constantly and operating backups for 14 - 20 hours before being
opened up again the following week to replace the tapes? He replies
"Well, there's a fan in the tape unit."
He is taking about
20 seconds in between the time I ask a question and he answers it.
(Learning as you go?) He keeps having to go back to the company that
actually builds these things to answer my questions. He uses an AOL.COM
address for his business email correspondance!
I'm seeing flashing
RED danger signs all over the place!
-Dan
Dan Bale says "BAN DALE!"
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400 Ext.
4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com
Quiquid latine dictum sit altum
viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin seems
profound.)
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-----Original
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From: Neil Palmer
[SMTP:neilp@dpslink.com]
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:57 PM
To:
MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: fireproof backups
And how does the SCSI cable run
into the vault to connect the tape drive ?
And when that cable burns won't that
allow air and fire through the hole
to burn the contents ?
...Neil
"Bale, Dan"
<D.Bale@handleman.com>
Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
2001/06/18 18:01
Please respond to
MIDRANGE-L
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
cc:
Subject: RE: fireproof
backups
Well, got a little more
follow-up on this. Apparently, there is nothing
in or on the
vault to cool the contents.
I wonder how hot it would get in there with the vault
being sealed for a
week with the tape drive on 24x7 and operating several hours per
night?
- Dan
Dan Bale says
"BAN DALE!"
IT -
AS/400
Handleman
Company
248-362-4400 Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com
Quiquid latine dictum sit altum
viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bale, Dan
Sent:
Monday, June 18, 2001 1:05 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: fireproof backups
Time to touch on
a "hot" topic around here. Someone up in my
organization has decided that we need to
fireproof our remote AS/400
backup units. The idea is to enclose the backup unit
in its own
fireproof vault. I imagine that this would also be our answer
to secure
the
backup media as well. Has anyone done this? Wouldn't these units
have to be cooled
in some manner to offset the heat generated by the
tape drive? Below is some
information we received from a vendor. Has
anyone had experience with the Mammoth
tape drives on the AS/400?
<snip>
midrange.com
