Comments on: Ideal Backup Solution http://www.productivity501.com/ideal-backup-solution/236/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:25:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stephen’s Scratchings » This is a test post http://www.productivity501.com/ideal-backup-solution/236/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Stephen’s Scratchings » This is a test post Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:55:49 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/ideal-backup-solution/236/#comment-1163 [...] we talked about the ideal backup solution. Today we are going to look at how to implement this solution on OS X. The disk utility with OS X [...] [...] we talked about the ideal backup solution. Today we are going to look at how to implement this solution on OS X. The disk utility with OS X [...]

]]> By: Mark Shead http://www.productivity501.com/ideal-backup-solution/236/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Mark Shead Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:23:28 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/ideal-backup-solution/236/#comment-1064 @Gene - Good point about having backups from specific points in time. I do a file backup to DVD every month or so that eventually makes it's way to a lockbox. But you are right. The process I outline here, will not let you recover a file that you deleted 6 months ago. @Gene – Good point about having backups from specific points in time. I do a file backup to DVD every month or so that eventually makes it’s way to a lockbox. But you are right. The process I outline here, will not let you recover a file that you deleted 6 months ago.

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]]> By: Gene Eichelberger http://www.productivity501.com/ideal-backup-solution/236/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Gene Eichelberger Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:51:53 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/ideal-backup-solution/236/#comment-1041 I think it is a bit confusing to call your suggestion a backup. What your post is suggesting is fault tolerance. The risk your eliminating is a hardware failure. You are not protecting yourself from a software failure like virus or accidental file deletion which could go undetected and transfered to your backup media. A true backup creates multiple historical versions which can be restored. A backup solution investment should be commensurate with the value of the data being protected. With that in mind you should be more than willing to adopt a system of both fault tolerance and historical backups. Fault tolerance would include computer systems with redundant components up to and including a hot standby system. Your backups should include data duplication to a long term media (3 years) like tape or DVD to protect you from lose, virus or data corruption which could go undetected for multiple days. Indeed, if your notebook is as valuable to the extent that its lose would incur substantial financial harm, the minimum steps that should be taken are encrypted hard drives, nightly automated backups, and regular system images. Additionally, since you can expect to transition to a new notebook every 3 to 6 years, these measures should take in account that your next hard drive will be substantially larger than your existing secondary storage media. If your career depends on the uninterrupted functioning of your computer. The investment in hardware, security for the data, and the support for data duplication should reflect its value. Insist that your IT department provide complete protection of your productivity and make them prove they can restore it. If you are responsible for your own protection, don't go cheap. Ensure that the value you proscribe to your productivity is reflected in the steps and discipline taken to protect it. I think it is a bit confusing to call your suggestion a backup. What your post is suggesting is fault tolerance. The risk your eliminating is a hardware failure. You are not protecting yourself from a software failure like virus or accidental file deletion which could go undetected and transfered to your backup media. A true backup creates multiple historical versions which can be restored.

A backup solution investment should be commensurate with the value of the data being protected. With that in mind you should be more than willing to adopt a system of both fault tolerance and historical backups. Fault tolerance would include computer systems with redundant components up to and including a hot standby system. Your backups should include data duplication to a long term media (3 years) like tape or DVD to protect you from lose, virus or data corruption which could go undetected for multiple days.

Indeed, if your notebook is as valuable to the extent that its lose would incur substantial financial harm, the minimum steps that should be taken are encrypted hard drives, nightly automated backups, and regular system images. Additionally, since you can expect to transition to a new notebook every 3 to 6 years, these measures should take in account that your next hard drive will be substantially larger than your existing secondary storage media.

If your career depends on the uninterrupted functioning of your computer. The investment in hardware, security for the data, and the support for data duplication should reflect its value. Insist that your IT department provide complete protection of your productivity and make them prove they can restore it. If you are responsible for your own protection, don’t go cheap. Ensure that the value you proscribe to your productivity is reflected in the steps and discipline taken to protect it.

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