So we don't have much data, but it's enough that we care about it.
We have had pretty much an online method for backup and redundancy--off site backups synced in near-time over a vpn tunnel and usb drive backups otherwise.
I've not thought about cold storage in quite some time, but now that some of our data isn't accessed much and is more apt for archive, the thought has occurred to me to simply place copies in safety deposit boxes--except the fact that I've had problems with hard drives not being usable after being in cold storage.
Tape has historically always been goto for cold storage, but it is not feasible to implement for us since the data set is so small. Optical is too small, although large BD might be manageable. Still, BE and DVD seems to suffer from media failure faster than CD-R, even with quality media like mam-a.
What do you use and why? How does the cost work out for you?
We have had pretty much an online method for backup and redundancy--off site backups synced in near-time over a vpn tunnel and usb drive backups otherwise.
I've not thought about cold storage in quite some time, but now that some of our data isn't accessed much and is more apt for archive, the thought has occurred to me to simply place copies in safety deposit boxes--except the fact that I've had problems with hard drives not being usable after being in cold storage.
Tape has historically always been goto for cold storage, but it is not feasible to implement for us since the data set is so small. Optical is too small, although large BD might be manageable. Still, BE and DVD seems to suffer from media failure faster than CD-R, even with quality media like mam-a.
What do you use and why? How does the cost work out for you?