Posted by Michael on 12/18/05 08:42

<thehick@canada.com> wrote in message
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> My company wants to start using DVDs to make backups of our Process
> Control Computer Systems. Presently, we are using CDs for the smaller
> ones and off-line hard drives for the bigger ones.
>
> My concern is that the DVD backups may not be safe. "PI" "PO" My
> reading on this is that the media is fine for Video and other
> non-critical applications but hardly reliable enough to use for
> data/system backups. I have suggested that we get a Lite-On drive and
> run some tests but this advice appears to have fallen on deaf ears.
> I'm pretty sure that they will just make a backup, do a restore as a
> test and then consider the method sound. I haven't seen any test
> results which show if these errors grow over time depending on storage
> temp or handling. Also, should we define the media and drive we want
> to use (I'd say so but I could be wrong).
>
> What I'm looking for is a white paper describing how a Medium to Large
> Company has set up their backup policy. Complete with initial design
> and tests performed. I'm sure that somebody has done this but can't
> find any mention in my searches.
>
> thanks for any pointers or assistance...thehick
>

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