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Jay Maechtlen
Ameriquest Data Service
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This is just a test... if this was an actual sig, you would have been
mildly amused...
Hugh Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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[spam?]::Re: Risks to Computers.......and Encryption
> 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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