I agree of course about avoiding SPOFs, but I do like a multi-tiered approach, I mean multiple lines of defense. I use SAN for its speed, reliability, and ease of administration, but naturally I replicate everything on the SAN and have "true" backups as well.
So you have multiple SAN's? Or your SAN is still a potential SPOF? Nice if you can afford it :) Rob ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html