Jay Maechtlen
Ameriquest Data Service

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> IT management makes me nervous because they will put everything at risk 
> for a little more speed and a little more density.  Blade servers are a 
> great example of that.  Fire marshals are going back to demanding water 
> in IT Server rooms rather than clean agent suppression systems because 
> they view the blade server as a bad fire risk. 

do you have a link for that? - a quick Google revealed no such...

> Has the appliance been phased to the retention schedule?  Will the key 
> be relevant for the 7 year retention period or the 50 year retention 
> period or did the IT planner think about the period for which the 
> records need to stay safe, secure, readable?  If someone as big and 
> savvy as EMC refers to this as a knee-jerk reaction, shouldn't this 
> worry us?
I'd expect the appliance to be at least as robust as a tape drive...

> Would you bet your life on the reliability of this technology?  If we 
> are storing health records and an appliance is part of the system, then 
> maybe that is what this new appliance is being asked to do?

This goes back to qualifying the backup/restore process. One more thing in 
the chain to eval/qualify.
I'm not a backup pro, others can comment with more authority...




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