[Info-vax] Special deals on Tape Drives

[Scott Dorsey]

=?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>On 3/5/2022 8:01 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> "Cloud" is a new word for "timesharing."  You're hiring some people to run
>> computers for you, and that includes doing backups and keeping them offsite.
>> Your service level agreement with them will detail how these are done and
>> how often they are tested, and you have a right to occasionally demand a
>> restore for test purposes.
>
>I think that depends on the type of cloud.
>
>With IaaS cloud then I would expect the IT department being responsible
>for backup as always.
>
>Only with PaaS cloud and managed services it would fully be the
>cloud vendors responsibility to do backup.

Maybe.  It'll say so in your SLA.  Read your SLA carefully, then have a 
lawyer read it, then have a computer center guy read it, then read it 
some more.  Everything the provider is obligated to do is in there,
and if it's not in there you shouldn't expect it.
--scott
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