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Skriven 2007-04-05 20:33:00 av George Vandervort (1:382/8)
  Kommentar till text 30759 av Robert Fowler (1:123/140)
Ärende: BU or clone ?
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Hello Robert!

As I said before..
Whatever Floats your boat is fine with me..
If your happy with your Backup proceedure
that is fine with me..

After over 20 years of trial, error and numerious recovery
when a trusted Backup failed to Restore, I have my own
established proceedure of Multiple Backups and Even Multiple Clones

I find that spending an extra $60.00 per Clone Backup is money well spend for
my piece of mind..

Your Milage may vary..  :-))


Thursday April 05 2007 15:49, ROBERT FOWLER wrote to GEORGE VANDERVORT:

 RF> -=> GEORGE VANDERVORT wrote to ROBERT FOWLER <=-
 RF>
 JG>>> I back up whilst doing other computing - no need to reboot,
 JG>>> shutdown or anything else.  Files in use are handled
 JG>>> appropriately so they are not missed.  True backup programs have
 JG>>> all kinds of ways to handle problem files and apps, such as
 JG>>> databases.  This is what any good business does since downtime =
 JG>>> loss of access and, potentially, money.
 RF>>
 JG>>> I run as if a business in so many ways, partly due to my
 JG>>> training but also due to the sense that it makes.
 RF>>
 RF>>  If you're telling us that you have spare drives to swap out on a
 RF>>  minute's notice, then I'm convinced your practicing overkill.
 RF>> :-)
 RF>
 GV>> The Best/Safest more secure Backup practice is the
 GV>> Son, Father, Grandfather proceedure..
 RF>
 GV>> It's not a good idea to re-use your Current Backup, to make
 GV>> a more resent Backup to.. Because if your Computer or HD crash
 GV>> durring the Backup.. You've lost both your backup and your
 GV>> Original HD..
 RF>
 GV>> The S/F/GF method allows you to have to more Backup
 GV>> copies to fall back on just in case of a worst case senario..
 RF>
 GV>> Wheather its overkill or not.. it is Safer..
 RF>
 RF>  I think you totally missed the point.  Using clones is a corporate
 RF>  practice to eliminate downtime.  Using images is the economic
 RF>  alternative for home networks.  Obviously, it involves downtime
 RF>  for restoration.  Regardless of the choice, one can have as many
 RF>  backups as he wishes, although with clones, it becomes costly.
 RF>
 RF>  Overkill is spending that extra money needlessly, for removable
 RF>  carriers and extra drives, when downtime is really not an issue.
 RF>  Imaging is the more reasonable choice, but yes, multiple backups
 RF>  are prudent.
 RF>
 RF>  Regards,
 RF>
 RF>  Robert Fowler
 RF>
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George Vandervort
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