JJZolx;172996 Wrote: > My thoughts as well. Automated disk/folder syncs are a kind of > poor-man's backup plan and are subject to failures exactly like this. > The problem is that this type of backup only guards against hardware > failure and fails to guard against file corruption and human error. > > If you're going to have two backups done via sync, don't have more than > one of them done automatically on a daily basis. Do the other manually > only after you're certain the data is complete and non-corrupted. That > one probably only needs to be done once or twice a month and be a > safeguard against something happening to both the original and the > backup. It should probably also be kept offsite to guard against fire > or theft.
The software backup software has the option not to "match" deletions. >From time to time I will run it manually list the delta's and then match deletions. Thanks for the input and suggestions.. Scott -- sfraser ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sfraser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2026 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31963 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
