5 Feb
2007
5 Feb
'07
2:20 p.m.
Al Kossow wrote:
rule 3 which you have touched on, but not made a
rule is to actually test the data, preferably on another
device than the one you backed it up on.
I am amazed at the number of backups that are
incomplete, or written on a misaligned device and
that device dies, and the data is recoverable
only with great difficulty.
Also had more problems with multi volume backups
where the software prompted for the additional media,
and the operators or backup people took that as
an option, not a requirement and only had one
volume of a multi volume backup.
jim
The problem
with putting floppy images on a DVD is that if you lose
or destroy that DVD you lose a ton of data
Well, rule #1 is never have a single copy of backup data.
Rule #2 is have an off-site copy.