On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:19:36PM -0400, Scott Gifford wrote: > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes: > [snip] > > Perfectly true in theory, but in practice very few small businesses > and nonprofits I'm worked with do this. If an organization is large > enough that there is an IT person to assign this responsibility to, > it's workable, but in a small organization where IT is done by > contractors, random staffers, or the owner/executive director, nobody > really thinks much about the computers as long as they work, and > routine maintenance like this falls through the cracks. > > Anything that can do secure backups automatically is a good idea IMO. friend of mine who looks after a few business has setup a rdiff server offsite to the business and rdiff-backups across the internet, charges them a small fee. Can get a physical access to the backup data for easy restore. see as his business is contracted todo the backup restore seems okay. he has a few a adsl connections and using raid5 (or raid6). there could be more redundance but for the cost if fits most companys needs > > ----Scott. > > -- "They have miscalculated me as a leader." - George W. Bush 09/13/2000 Westminster, CA
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