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the few times i had to restore from tape, it rarely worked right. so,
i'm not sure if you can add more risk to tape or not.
currently, i/we do not encrypt tapes. nor do i really see a need for it.
On 11/8/05, Jason Youngquist <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> if you are doing tape backups on servers, do you encrypt the backup, or is
> it even an option for the backup software that you are using?
>
> encryption adds a layer of security, but it also seems to add more risk
> that one might not be able to restore a file successfully from tape.
>
> there seems to be pros/cons for both viewpoints.
>
> ie. "backups exist to make data accessible, encryption exists to make data
> inaccessible"
>
> thoughts?
> Jason
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