-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > > that doesn't really change anything, does it? > > Regards, > Holger > > Andrei Stebakov wrote on 2008-10-06 09:33:42 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users] > Newbie: using a storage server different from BackupPC server]: >> Dan, but what's wrong in having BackupPC on the Web server as long as it's >> doing the backup to a different partition, allocated only for backup?
I think the point is that backing up to the same server has some dis-advantages. Sure, it is better than no backup at all, since it will solve some cases where you need it, but it will miss a lot of very important cases as well. eg, HDD failure, format HDD, error in editing partition table, server stolen, fire, earthquake, etc... Using a separate server solves some additional cases where you need a backup. Using an off-site backup server solves even more cases. You will need to decide which scenarios you are attempting to protect against, (accidental file edit/delete, etc) and which cases you are not concerned about (because cost/benefit is not worth it). Personally, I would always encourage off-site backups to cover as many cases as possible (well, nuclear attack, earthquake, etc are likely to take out both primary and secondary, but then they are also likely to take out me, so I am not as concerned about those, and in my area they are very unlikely to occur...) Regards, Adam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI6rXxGyoxogrTyiURAoVuAKDNuPJb7JEYXzAueNctFA3q4WlsEwCggwdY TFz5nIc5fo8kKnp0wWCnI+c= =9Q3q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
