[Leaplist] 3Ware AWOL

[Kevin Korb]

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Yes, your backup systems (scripts config files etc) should be separate
from the backup data.  They should also be backed up into the backup
data.  Backing them up somewhere else too isn't a bad idea.

A backup of a system that doesn't exist anymore isn't a backup anymore it
is an archive.  Archives should be either backed up or taken offline with
at least two copies.

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:04:29 -0400
Jason Boxman <jasonb at edseek.com> wrote:

> Kevin Korb wrote:
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> > Yes, backups are important.  RAID is not a backup.
> 
> But who backups the backups of the backups?  This array is for backing 
> up all the other networked systems.  It's never been important enough to 
> backup the backup though.
> 
> Thinking I lost the array clearly make me rethink that, so there's 
> clearly stuff on there that should be backed up further.  The 
> configuration of the backup system itself and snapshots of offline 
> systems that no longer exist come to mind.
> 
> As it happens, the actual backup box PSU (!!!) died while doing backups 
> which is what prompted me to move the array.  I had intended to move it 
> into an existing system to reduce the number of running boxes; this kind 
> of accelerated that along.
> 
> Time for teh food!
> 
> 
> 




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