[Coco] Backing up data Was:Re: Drivewire run on Windows 2000

[wdg3rd at comcast.net]

> From: "Steve Bjork" <6809er at bjork-huffman.net>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:34:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [Coco] Backing up data Was:Re:  Drivewire run on Windows 2000
>
> Phill,
> 
> You right, you don't want to use the same drive for your ONLY backup.
> (Nor did it say to.)
> 
> But a running a second local backup on the same drive is a good idea
> for 
> most user because it's a fast and easy system for recovering from an 
> overwrite, bad update or deletion of a file by mistake.  For one my 
> clients, every time before he changes a file a backup is record on a 
> local drive and he never knows that it happen because of the speed.

How many deltas is it set to?  (There is no limit to the stupidity of a user).  "I know it was there the other day".

> As for me, All of my important files are kept on a server running raid
> 1 
> (mirror).  Each night, all changes are backup to another set of hard 
> drives.  (Every few months I need to get another 1 TB drive.)
> 
> But files backup at the same site is NOT a backup.  That's why I also
> 
> use S3 to back my data up to the "cloud".  At first, S3 was a bit
> costly 
> because they change by traffic, not how much you stored with them. 
> (The 
> first month's billed was for about 4 GB of traffic month but it now
> runs 
> about 100 MB per month.)
> 
> I also backup all my Photos and music and important files on DVD and 
> store in a firesafe off site.
> 
> You can never be too safe!
> 
> Steve Bjork

My off-site spot is a 2TB box attached to the desktop machine at work.  It's (almost) a mile from here.  I don't trust the Cloud, a Federal wind could blow it away, or at least any cover it provides.  (I wasn't yet fully anarchist when my now-ex-wife and your then-fiancee were working together down on Century Blvd).
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Ward Griffiths        wdg3rd at comcast.net