>The best scheme for backups I have heard of is something that I have >heard with any type of document you want to archive, Multiple >copies in multiple places. The more copies and the more places you >keep those copies the better off you are.
The only problem with that is finding the newest copy. To simplify that I rotate drives using a fixed scheme. I either number the drives or label then with the day they are to be rotated. >They would get their tapes and we would try a restore to only find >out their tapes were blank or corrupted. OK where are your other >sets of backups (We encouraged a rotating set of backup tapes) If >they had been diligent in keeping backups and had rotated the tapes >like told we could usually get them back up and running with only a >day or two of data lost. Even better to test your backups periodically. You don't want to discover that your backup stopped running and you have been going through the motions of rotating drives with old data or drives with no data. I have seen it! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
