Re: Re: [OT] Backups

["Ho Yin Ng" <architect.hoyin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> But with the automatic incremental online backup together with an
offsite
> weekly backup from the week before ensures that in the event of total
loss
> we would be able to restore everything.
>




We were having problems with the tape system hence our change to the auto
online backup.

I cannot see any other way of transfering data quickly without some manual
intervention.  Unless you to a complete online backup system where at the
end of the week your entire system was backed-up online?

But at 1TB I just don't think with todays speeds and costs that this is
viable. So a portable HD is the only sensible way.

I think we have the easiest solution that provides us with the greatest
flexibility and covers all eventualities.

Happy to hear any suggestions to make it better though.

Ho yin



Tape backups, disk backups, and manual offsiting. That actually sounds
> more complicated than most of the suggestions on here ;-)
>
> As you say, "you want the easiest method that requires the least
input
> by the user". Unless you have a dedicated techie, having to swap
tapes
> and plug external drives in weekly isn't ideal, and, trust me, small
> non-technical companies soon forget to regularly perform these tasks,
> which is why it's best to engineer around them.
>
> Your Windows 2003 solution is very sensible and something more
> companies should implement, however by not offsiting daily, you do
> risk losing a week's worth of work, but depending on what you do, this
> may not be a problem.
>
>
>


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