Our only real natural threat is a tornado and we are told by our risk
assessment guys that the odds of one tornado hitting both buildings are
about 2 million to 1.  On top of that the Data Centers are designed to
survive an F3 tornado and continue to operate.
We are not near any military targets or any hazardous chemical plants.
So the odds of an unnatural event are also low. There is risk in
everything, sometimes the UPS guy stops for coffee and leaves the truck
running.

There are longer range plans to take another copy and move it 30km away.


Andy Huebner
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Tab Trepagnier
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 6:26 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Offsite library via fiber

Andy,

Others have already pointed out that 3 km might be too close, but
consider
this additional info:

*  After Katrina hit us, the entire - flooded - parish was closed by the
local govenment, so our safely protected tapes were inaccessible for
three
weeks.  Thankfully we had gotten to the point that offsite tape was
"plan
B".

* After 9/11, most of Manhattan was declared a crime scene, so offsite
resources near the WTC were inaccessible even though the buildings
holding
them were undamaged.

Distance is your friend.  And FCIP makes it  easier.

Tab Trepagnier
TSM Administrator
Laitram, L.L.C.









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We are building that setup.  We will have the first part of the offsite
library in place for testing around April.  We will only be 3KM away,
but there are not many 3k wide tornados...

Andy Huebner

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David E Ehresman
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 2:54 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Offsite library via fiber

We're thinking of a TSM upgrade that would include a VTL onsite library
and an IBM 3584 library for copy pool tape. We would locate the 3584 in
our offsite storage location and access it via fiber. The tapes would
remain in the 3584 since they would already be offsite.

Anyone have any experience with a setup like this?

Daivd Ehresman
University of Louisville


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