On 10/3/03 3:04 PM, "Diane Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/3/03 02:52 PM, "Joshua Yeidel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I am not quite clear about the (potential) relationship of backup and
>> archiving.
>
> Archiving is keeping copies of previous backups in case corruption occurs in
> your most recent backups. I had this happen with my Quicken database files.
> I had to go back 10 months to find a copy that would work.
I had something else in mind, such as: Archiving is for reference, backup
is for reconstruction. [Archiving also suggests to me deletion from the
"current" storage, while backup does not.] One can imagine archiving that
is not useful for reconstruction (e.g., in a Filemaker DB); one can imagine
backups that are not very helpful for reference (e.g., in a non-searchable
format). I was hoping that it might be easy to repurpose backups as
archives, and your note bears this out (see below).
>>
>> For example, I don�t often need to plunge into my email of the past. Suppose
>> I adopt the following strategy:
>>
>> 1. burn a CD backup of the MUD every 3 months.
>
> Do you backup on a more regular basis? If not, Can you afford to loose 3
> months mail?
>
Yes, I do backups for recovery more often. I was just identifying the
three-month backup as a candidate for repurposing as an archive.
>> 1. delete email with date > 91 days.
>> 2. If I need to recover something older:
>>> 1. quit all Office apps
>>> 2. rename MUD (to, say, MUD1)
>
> Just rename the Identity folder when you save it with a date. Now you can
> just add the Identity to your Office X Identities folder and switch
> identities.
This is wonderful! Much simpler form of my strategy:
1. Make a backup CD of MUD every week. When burning the CD, append the date
to the names of the identity folders.
2. Every three months, take the regular weekly backup CD and copy it for
archival purposes. [This weekly backup CD gives some redundancy for the
archival one.]
3. Delete email with date > 91 days.
4. When reference to an archive is needed
1. Mount the CD.
2. Drag the identity in question to the MUD
3. Switch to the identity in question
4. Find, copy, etc.
5. Switch back to the original identity
6. Delete the identity from Entourage.
7. Delete the identity folder from MUD.
[Again, this suits me because I don't look more than 3 months back very
often. YMMV...]
Very simple. Thanks!
-- Joshua
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