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Skriven 2010-12-02 00:41:08 av Dariusz Piatkowski
Ärende: Re: Was AMD Phenom based hardware - backing up issues
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From: "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net>

On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 00:29:29 UTC, Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> wrote:

> Doug Bissett wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 02:29:34 UTC, "Dariusz Piatkowski"
> > <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net>  wrote:
> >
> >> I have a rather simple backup process...I tossed a
> >> 500Gig spare SATA drive into my machine and on nightly basis I use 'dSync'
to
> >> move the changed files over to the backup drive. The backup drive is
partitioned
> >> exactly the same way as my main OS2 boot drive, so the sync is basically
> >> partition to partition at file level.
> >>
> >
> > The only real "problem" with that approach, is that the second drive
> > will not do you much good if the machine is stolen, or damaged (fire
> > perhaps), so some additional backup, that can be stored offsite, is
> > recommended.
> >
> 
> As well as a power surge, etc will take out every hard drive in the machine.
> Dave

Agreed guys...I understand the limitations...my main box is hooked up to a APC 
Smart 1000 UPS...so that certainly helps. But as you pointed out, this method
is
certainly not fool-proof...it is however better then NO backup what so 
ever...lol!

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