From: Chris H. <hoo...@bi...> - 2007-03-05 19:16:57
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Kern Sibbald wrote: > On Monday 05 March 2007 16:48, Alan Brown wrote: > >> On Sun, 4 Mar 2007, Bill Moran wrote: >> >>> Interesting, but I suspect that's a little out of the price range for >>> someone wanting to protect their data at home. I know I wouldn't >>> even know where to put such a thing at my house. >>> >> Small data safes can be had for as little as $500... >> > > I store my tapes in an atomic bomb shelter (no kidding). I don't know how > much it cost though, since I didn't build the house. (sorry for the one-upsmanship, but I couldn't resist throwing this in ;-) ) With the cold war over, the five colleges here managed to acquire a surplus military command bunker under a mountain (It looks like something straight out of Dr. Strangelove). It has a lot of space, and they use it for storing books and things that they don't have space for in the libraries any more. This is also where the offsite backup tapes are stored. There are actually a couple of people who work there, and a shuttle that goes daily among the five colleges and the bunker to store and retrieve things. --------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <hoo...@bi...> --------------- Erdös 4 |