Backup schedule / Media recommendation
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Yes, many years ago I was called in to do some work on a Lantastic network at a carpet retail store. I was more Novell and NT at the time, but Lantastic was pretty easy to work with. As I was finishing up I was chatting with the owner and asked the inevitable "how is your backup" question I always asked because 95% of every new business we took over didn't have any kind of backup at all. He said "oh it's great, really great, it takes only about 30 seconds" "WHAT?" I said. (there was no backup method at the time that could take anything less than an hour) "Sure, it's super fast, we've been using it for years" I take a look, it's an old Colorado tape drive and when I run the backup it indeed takes 30 seconds, 29 seconds to load the software then load the tape, then 1 second to report that there is no tape in the drive (even though there was). Apparently some dumbass technician had installed it for them years before and had not once tested it before leaving the place.
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
That's just scary. :~ Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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If he's got a beer in his hand, the answer is probably yes. :laugh: Seriously though...I've come across quite a few organisations whose IT strategy is about that organised. Scary. :~ Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
Only problem - where to get a cheap intern. :-/ We'll look into the iomega REV drive, it seems to have the comfortable handling I'm looking for.
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aber.. "Wie gesagt, der Scheiss is' Therapie"
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