Fidelity happens to be in my neck of the woods, so I found this article very interesting and very sad. It disheartens me to know that the few bad DBA apples are going to make life difficult for the rest of us.

RE: Iron Mountain. Used to work for them myself. That mine you're talking about is an old salt mine (that's what they told us when I worked there, anyway) that does wonders for preserving documents because the salt is absorbing all the humidity in the air. Every single person who works at that location has a flash light in their desk (and spare batteries) in case the power goes out and is drilled relentlessly in evacuation procedures and routes so they can find their way out if something happens. And that mine has lots and lots of locked vaults for the data it stores.

I always found the thought kinda nifty and wish I'd had the opportunity to visit. @=)

BTW, Iron Mountain is where I learned about business continuity and disaster recovery, two subjects every DBA should know something about. The company has an off-site backup business and stores physical media tapes at several of its climate controlled locations. To properly understand those accounts, I had to be educated in why they provided those services.