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Date: Sun 12-Aug-1990 14:21:45 From: Unknown Subject: is it OK to keep an optical cartridge running 24 hours a day? Well, I have a harddisk in the cube but would like to keep a cartridge in it permanently to make (automated) backups. My cube is running day and night with no problems. If answer is yes, that would let me do cronned backups without ever worrying. Thanks for your contributions to this burning (i.e. spinning) issue! Paul Nevai nevai@mps.ohio-state.edu (Internet) Department of Mathematics nevai@ohstpy (BITNET) The Ohio State University 1-(614)-292-5310.office@ans.machine 231 West Eighteenth Avenue 1-(614)-292-4975.department Columbus, OH 43210-1174 1-(614)-292-3317.secretary The United States of America 1-(614)-459-5615.fax Article 7400 of comp.sys.next: >From: john@csrnxt1.ae.utexas.edu (John R. Schutz)
Date: Sun 12-Aug-1990 19:46:27 From: Unknown Subject: Re: is it OK to keep an optical cartridge running 24 hours a day? nevai@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Paul Nevai) writes: >Well, I have a harddisk in the cube but would like to keep a cartridge in it >permanently to make (automated) backups. My cube is running day and night >with no problems. >Question: is it OK to have an optical disk up and running 24 hours a day? There is a dust problem with the NeXT's optical drive.. You can get dust filters from NeXTessories (at MIT) which will cut down on the dust intake. Besides that possibility, I cannot think of anything that should be a problem. the NeXTessories address is: NeXTessories MIT Branch P.O. Box 128 Cambridge, MA 02139 If you want information through e-mail, contact: dnp@bourbaki.mit.edu john Article 7402 of comp.sys.next: >From: simsong@athena.mit.edu (Simson L. Garfinkel)
Date: Sun 13-Aug-1990 06:21:07 From: Unknown Subject: Re: is it OK to keep an optical cartridge running 24 hours a day? In article <1990Aug12.142145.7467@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> nevai@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Paul Nevai) writes: >Well, I have a harddisk in the cube but would like to keep a cartridge in it >permanently to make (automated) backups. My cube is running day and night >with no problems. > >Question: is it OK to have an optical disk up and running 24 hours a day? > >If answer is yes, that would let me do cronned backups without ever worrying. > I strongly recommend against leaving your backup cartridge inside your cube. What if your cube gets stolen? What if your cube has a fire? What if your building has a fire, for that matter. What if there is an earthquake, and a girder falls on your cube? What if your evil twin brother comes into your office, bent on destroying all of your files? There are a lot of good reasons to make a backup beyond "operator error" and "hardware failure." Most of those reasons require that you take the backups to another physical location. Article 7404 of comp.sys.next: >From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
Date: Sun 13-Aug-1990 13:03:28 From: Unknown Subject: Re: is it OK to keep an optical cartridge running 24 hours a day? In article <1990Aug13.062107.28413@athena.mit.edu> simsong@athena.mit.edu (Simson L. Garfinkel) writes: >I strongly recommend against leaving your backup cartridge inside your cube. >There are a lot of good reasons to make a backup beyond "operator error" >and "hardware failure." Most of those reasons require that you take >the backups to another physical location. Backups have to be convenient; otherwise they don't get done. Leaving ONE OF your backup od's in is a great way to make them convenient. Take the OTHER somewhere else, and swap the two weekly, and you have almost the best of both worlds. Article 7399 of comp.sys.next: >From: verket@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Paul Verket)
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