Re: Back up routines
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>---- Original Message ----
>From: ron.l.johnson@cox.net
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: Back up routines
>Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:19:43 -0500
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>>On 2009-07-28 10:08, Eric Gerlach wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:02:06AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>> On 2009-07-28 09:18, Eric Gerlach wrote:
>>>> [snip]
>>>>> Sure. Let's go with 1TB for $90. Now I have to make sure the
>client brings
>>>>> the drive in, backs up, and takes it home every day. Try
>explaining to them
>>>>> why that isn't worth the $3/mo that that Amazon charges them.
>You won't be
>>>>> getting paid for that consulting advice, that's for sure.
>>>>>
>>>> [snip]
>>>>> JungleDisk isn't about HD failure backup. It's about off-site
>backup, while
>>>>> being painless for the person using it.
>>>> Woe is fricking me!
>>>>
>>>> My granfather and his accountant were alternately bringing home
>13"
>>>> disk packs 30 years ago. They've obviously got newer hardware
>now
>>>> (tape drives), and he's passed on, but the blazingly simple task
>is
>>>> still the same: bring your important data off-site every night.
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>>>> It's just Something You Do.
>>>
>>> s/do/used to do/
>>>
>>> Sure, your grandfather did it, but give any small-business owner
>these two
>>> choices:
>>>
>>> 1. Every day, bring this drive in, plug it in, run this program,
>then take it
>>> home at night; or
>>>
>>> 2. Pay Amazon $3/mo and don't worry about it;
>>
>>I worry about things the disappearance of which would destroy my
>>business.
>>
>>> and I bet over 80% of them choose #2. They'll say "The time it
>takes me to do
>>> that for one week is worth more than $3, let alone for the whole
>month!". The
>>> ones who choose #1 don't value their time enough, IMO.
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>>Gah!!!
>>
>>Computers are for automation, not manual labor. Plug it in, click
>>an icon, and go about your business. When it's done, unplug and
>>bring home.
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>>That's 2 minutes of actual manual labor.
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>>--
>>Scooty Puff, Sr
>>The Doom-Bringer
>>
I think someone earlier on the thread hit on what I perceive to be
THE important point-not backup but restore. In most instances the
necessity for a restore involves lots of panic. The backup can be
relatively "at your leisure". IMHO I think the strategy should
concentrate first on the ease and rapidity of recovery (been there
done that and sometimes painfully) and then on the security of the
backup and lastly on the time it takes to do the backup and
potentially move it to an off-site location
Larry
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