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I'd think most new startups do not have tape backup system, because they either export copies to a disk, or to services like S3 (then Glacier), since tape requi
by yeukhon 9y ago
I'd think most new startups do not have tape backup system, because they either export copies to a disk, or to services like S3 (then Glacier), since tape requires significant investment. I don't even believe SOX requires tape backup. Tape backup is common for storing master files like the master for a song. Those you can't risk keeping on a magnetic disk.
- foobiekr 9y agoIMHO and from talking to a large number of people in startup leadership positions, many startups don’t even have a disaster recovery or business continuity plan let alone any formal backup process. Sometimes they have expressed doubt that such things are even necessary since they are using distributed systems. In a lot of ways what I’ve seen in that regard is similar to the way some people confuse a RAID array with having solved their backup problem. Your mileage may vary but this is common enough that not only is tape not part of it but even the backup concept is absent.
- fjsolwmv 9y agoIf you use cloud storage, your provider's tapes are your tape backups.
- yeukhon 9y agoWhere I work we have to have a tape backup. This is a business decision. If AWS is completely gone or someone accidentally deleted everything, we need to be able to restore our data in a few days and tape is the only option. This has been the business system for many years. That's how the music industry works. Someone at Pixar accidentally deleted Toy Story 2 scene...
- jpk 9y agoTo be fair, the second time was for creative reasons (they decided they'd made a bad movie and rewrote it). But you're right, the first time was an errant "rm -rf *".