RE: Re[2]: MIGRATION

Hello Guri

If someone ask you to move server without at least two sets of cold backup on tapes
ask for it in writing and put it in your safety box in the bank. With such instructions CYA is a must.

Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services
adary_at_mehish.co.il

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> From: Robert Eskridge [SMTP:bryny_at_dfweahs.net]
> Sent: Mon, February 25, 2002 10:45 PM
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> Subject: Re[2]: MIGRATION
>
> guri,
>
> If you don't have the time to get the cold backup to removable media,
> you'll just have to accept the risk of the box being lost, stolen, or
> destroyed in an accident. You can still reduce risks in other areas.
>
> I don't see what risk you are abating by making a cold backup to
> another disk partition, unless that partition is on another physical
> drive. A physical event that causes one file to be unreadable (such as
> head damage) usually renders the entire disk unreadable, so you don't
> gain much. If it's a different physical drive, at least you're
> gaining the probability of one of them surviving the physical abuse.
>
> Chances are you'll be able to shut down the database, shut down the
> OS, power down the machine, carry it to the new location, and power it
> back up with no problem. Modern equipment is fairly robust.
> Personally I'd treat it all like a carton of eggs just to be safer.
>
> The "how much extra precaution" you take should be based on what it will
> cost you if the machine falls off the truck, never to be seen again.
> One can justify the cost of the precautions as long as they are lower
> than the cost of the loss.
>
> -rje
>
> g> I don't have machine to buildup the standby database.I don't have much
> time
> g> to take cold backup also.I think if Can take cold backup on another
> disk
> g> partition would be fine.
> g> Any suggestion please?
> g> Thx
> g> guri
>
>
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