Absolutely, John -- just a note to other readers that the this thread is discussing *backup* in addition to network-attached storage. I'm partly to blame :)) 100%, watch out for the userland mistakes in an automated backup scenario...
ben On Nov 7, 2007 1:42 PM, John Sechrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Ben Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > % Why do you think a 2nd system should be running, John? > > I think that a backup is not a backup, unless it is on three different media. > It takes only one think-o before the mistake you make on your filesystem is > replicated > to your backup and you loose data. > > > > % Unless you're > % away from home all the time, and still relying on network to access > % your own data (at a distance). > > It is not a matter of access, even though I like to think of things > assuming that there is remote access. > But it is a matter of keeping your data up to date and current. > > If you have an automated backup system, so that you don't loose data > more than a few hours old, then your automated backup needs to have at least > 2 copies, > so that one can have the mistake on it that you just backed up and one can > have the > real data that you want to recover from. > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
