Thats why I RSync/TimeMachine to a server at my house. Then at midnight, it
rsyncs to another server at my brother's house. Short of nuclear war, my
data is safe from catastrophe.
Eric
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:32 AM, der.hans <
PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:
> Am 08. Sep, 2009 schwätzte Bob Elzer so:
>
> Sorry about your files, I'll point out one mistake you did, that I see so
>> often.
>>
>> A lot of people seem to backup to the same tape/disk/media every time they
>> do a backup.
>>
>> I always ask them, what happens if in the middle of that backup, you
>> system
>> dies. You are now left with a dead system and an incomplete backup, you
>> just
>> overwrote you good backup killing it when the system died.
>>
>
> What happens if your data center burns down during the backup?
>
> http://www.designwyse.com.au/general/fire/index.php
>
> See the last two sections of the Monday, 2007Jul30, entry.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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