[gpfsug-discuss] Snapshots for backups

[Kristy Kallback-Rose]

+1 for benefits of tape and also power consumption/heat production (may help a case to management) is obviously better with things that don’t have to be spinning all the time. 

> 
> At scale tape is a lot cheaper than disk. Also sorry your data is going
> to take a couple of weeks to recover goes down a lot better than sorry
> your data is gone for ever.
> 
> Finally it's also hard for a hacker or disgruntled admin to wipe your
> tapes in a short period of time. The robot don't go that fast. Your
> disks/file systems on the other hand effectively be gone in seconds.
> 
> JAB.
> 
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