Comments on: RIP, Backups http://www.adeptechllc.com/2008/02/20/rip-backups/ Software, Process and Security Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Keith McMillan http://www.adeptechllc.com/2008/02/20/rip-backups/#comment-130 Keith McMillan Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:37:20 +0000 http://www.adeptechllc.com/2008/02/20/rip-backups/#comment-130 Good point, John. It has the advantage of being accessible from "everywhere", although as you point out, speed might be an issue. I was thinking about this some more. There have been a spate of "one-touch backup" solutions in the last few years, although most don't come near the capacity of my 750 GB hard drive. And just imagine how many of these drives you would need to do a reasonable backup regimen! I used to do backups to tape, and using the time-honored "Towers of Hanoi" backup regimen. It requires n tapes for (2^n)-1 backups. Can you imagine buying 3 disks to get 1 week of backups? And that would involve understanding how to use the Towers backup scheme. Good point, John. It has the advantage of being accessible from “everywhere”, although as you point out, speed might be an issue.

I was thinking about this some more. There have been a spate of “one-touch backup” solutions in the last few years, although most don’t come near the capacity of my 750 GB hard drive.

And just imagine how many of these drives you would need to do a reasonable backup regimen! I used to do backups to tape, and using the time-honored “Towers of Hanoi” backup regimen. It requires n tapes for (2^n)-1 backups. Can you imagine buying 3 disks to get 1 week of backups? And that would involve understanding how to use the Towers backup scheme.

]]> By: John W http://www.adeptechllc.com/2008/02/20/rip-backups/#comment-126 John W Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:21:39 +0000 http://www.adeptechllc.com/2008/02/20/rip-backups/#comment-126 Another solution albeit a slow one that requires direct action by the user is internet based storage. I use Yahoo to store zipped backups of files. If something happens, I can always replace my computer, get a copy of winzip and restore my data. Of course because it does take my direct intervention I don't do the backups nearly as often as I should. I know I should know better I've been at this long enough. Though I did just buy a 500 gig external hard drive to store media files on and probably some backups. Another solution albeit a slow one that requires direct action by the user is internet based storage. I use Yahoo to store zipped backups of files. If something happens, I can always replace my computer, get a copy of winzip and restore my data.

Of course because it does take my direct intervention I don’t do the backups nearly as often as I should. I know I should know better I’ve been at this long enough.

Though I did just buy a 500 gig external hard drive to store media files on and probably some backups.

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