Comments on: Backups are http://serge.vanginderachter.be/2006/backups-are/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss van achtere naer vorene Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:34:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Serge van Ginderachter http://serge.vanginderachter.be/2006/backups-are/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Serge van Ginderachter Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:13:54 +0000 http://www.vanginderachter.be/2006/backups-are/#comment-230 Oh, and by the way. Most offline backups fail more than they ought to. Although that is more of a Windows-specific problem. Oh, and by the way. Most offline backups fail more than they ought to. Although that is more of a Windows-specific problem.

]]> By: Serge van Ginderachter http://serge.vanginderachter.be/2006/backups-are/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Serge van Ginderachter Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:12:31 +0000 http://www.vanginderachter.be/2006/backups-are/#comment-229 Of course you *need* some kind of offline (actually: remote) backup. This post was obviously a teaser. Disaster Recovery is a procedure you need to have worked out. But in day to day usage, you never need them and you are better of with easy online backups which let you restore easily separate pieces of data. I'm sure you know the time it takes to restore that one excel file your CFO lost. That costs heaps of money in time. Of course you *need* some kind of offline (actually: remote) backup. This post was obviously a teaser. Disaster Recovery is a procedure you need to have worked out. But in day to day usage, you never need them and you are better of with easy online backups which let you restore easily separate pieces of data. I’m sure you know the time it takes to restore that one excel file your CFO lost. That costs heaps of money in time.

]]> By: Fred http://serge.vanginderachter.be/2006/backups-are/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Fred Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:51:04 +0000 http://www.vanginderachter.be/2006/backups-are/#comment-228 Backups on tape are maybe evil ... and keeping them offline is maybe stupid. But they are welcome in a Disaster Recovery. That's the main reasons we have backups on LTO3 tapes, offsite ... for our business it's a requirement ;) Backups on tape are maybe evil … and keeping them offline is maybe stupid.

But they are welcome in a Disaster Recovery. That’s the main reasons we have backups on LTO3 tapes, offsite … for our business it’s a requirement ;)

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