"Ben Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
% Why do you think a 2nd system should be running, John?
I think that a backup is not a backup, unless it is on three different media.
It takes only one think-o before the mistake you make on your filesystem is
replicated
to your backup and you loose data.
% Unless you're
% away from home all the time, and still relying on network to access
% your own data (at a distance).
It is not a matter of access, even though I like to think of things
assuming that there is remote access.
But it is a matter of keeping your data up to date and current.
If you have an automated backup system, so that you don't loose data
more than a few hours old, then your automated backup needs to have at least 2
copies,
so that one can have the mistake on it that you just backed up and one can
have the
real data that you want to recover from.
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