[LM_NET] Target clarification: computer/server backup tape storage

[Cheryl Youse <cyouse@GMAIL.COM>]

Quite a few people have written to tell me we should be storing the tapes
off-site.  This is not an option as we are searching for storage for the
daily backup tapes to our LAN server.

Others have recommended just purchasing a firesafe box at my local discount
store.  We have looked into that option, however, those are not approved for
storage of magnetic tapes and have a much lower fire/heat tolerance than is
necessary.  Computer files are much more easily corrupted by heat than are
paper files.  (There was a small fire in the server room several years ago.)

So far, the least expensive fireproof media storage safe/cabinet I have
found is $625.

-- 
Cheryl Youse, MLS
Media Specialist
Colquitt County High School
cyouse@gmail.com

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