On Sep 20, 2008, at 1:44 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:
>
> On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:15 AM, Charles Davis wrote:
>
>> Myself, I have with my MDD's several layers of complete system
>> backups. Right now, there are 14 partitions, 6 of them being OSX.4.11
>> bootable systems of varying ages. If I include the external Neptune,
>> there are 4 more partitions, 1= 9.2.2, 3= OSX.4.11 systems.
>
> I had a giant mess of different partitions and backups, but I decided
> to take the opposite track. I had data spread over lots of different
> computers and systems, so I consolidated everything onto one single
> volume. This was Raid 0 for both lower cost and higher access speed.
> I'm backing up onto a single external Time Capsule HD using Time
> Machine. Never had to touch my backup yet. I hope it works!
>
I like to believe in the Advertising claims, BUT I want a way back,
if at all possible.
[Similar to "Trust, but Verify" in Foreign Relations.]
You have moved to a 'One' failure point operation [With Backup, true].
I don't have Leopard (yet?), matter of $ and inertia, BUT, if I had
"Time Machine" available, I know I would feel more secure if I made
Separate, full backup copies periodically.
Chuck D.
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