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03/20/08 17:01
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 +2 Good Answer/Helpful		 #152386 - Two points
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Just two points about backups that nobody seems to have mentioned yet. One is that they need to be physically separate from the original data, so that a fire or a robbery or something doesn't wipe out the backups along with the originals. It's not good enough to keep your backups on a computer or media that's stored in the same building as the originals.

The other is that you need to test your backups periodically to make sure that they are intact and accessible. Can you still read those CDs you burned five years ago? Does your current "unzip" tool work on files you saved with some other one? You need to discover problems like these before you actually need to restore from the backups.

-- Russ


List of 36 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Data Recovery            01/01/70 00:00      
   I wouldn't            01/01/70 00:00      
      Junk it, or Call the experts            01/01/70 00:00      
         seagate            01/01/70 00:00      
            Get Started Today            01/01/70 00:00      
               Robocopy            01/01/70 00:00      
               revive the faulty FAT32            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Probably not worth the energy            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Backup            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Backup Utility?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           I use none            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Backup techniques            01/01/70 00:00      
                        I suspect its reliablity            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Online backup            01/01/70 00:00      
                              I found 100 mbps too slow ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Online backups            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Thta would probably work, but, if there's a crash            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       My understanding of online services            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          RE: a significant section of code that I wouldn't            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 ADSL Internet speeds            01/01/70 00:00      
                              How secure are ZIP passwords?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 How secure are ZIP passwords?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Unless            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 ZIP encryption has been broken...            01/01/70 00:00      
   R-Studio            01/01/70 00:00      
   too late            01/01/70 00:00      
      Interesting            01/01/70 00:00      
         do not recall exactly, but we used ....            01/01/70 00:00      
            What I found ... some time ago ...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Absolutely            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Did you read the instructions first?            01/01/70 00:00      
               Linux            01/01/70 00:00      
   Two points            01/01/70 00:00      
      I totally agree with testing            01/01/70 00:00      
         Dangers with portable drives            01/01/70 00:00      
      Just two points about backups...            01/01/70 00:00      

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