Greg, no argument about the disks. I just prefer a standard format
that can be read from anywhere (ISO9660) and, in the case of RW disks
(which should only be used in conjunction with a write once weekly or
better backup), formatting them as part of the backup script adds 2
minutes and you never have the problem of a write not working.
The hardest part is training the people to check the backup, and when
a RW backup hasn't worked, simply toss or store the disk and replace
- about once a year with anything but the cheapest disks - I need to
improve our script so it greps for failure and emails the administrator.
The nero script will eject only if it completes successfully, so this
is an easy way to get them to check, although I try to get them to
check dates and sizes on the files as well.
Peter.
On 25/01/2006, at 10:11 AM, Greg Twyford wrote:
Peter Machell wrote:
Greg Twyford wrote:
DVD+/-R disks do work fine with Nero under 2003SBS, as does both
Nero
and InCD with, DVD+/-RW disks.
I recommend avoiding InCD or any other UDF packet writing programme.
They are not completely reliable (disks need to be formatted
semi-regularly) and put an unnecessary load on the system.
Peter,
Some practices need to do this, but the majority I've seen don't
have this problem. I find the advantage of having practices using
automated backups with InCD, at a cost small ones will pay,
outweighs this occasional issue, as the alternative in this
situation has often been no backups or infrequent ones.
The worst I've seen is that the disks cease to be re-writeable, so
the data isn't lost, and getting the GPs involved to spring for new
RW disks periodically is not too much problem. The +RW disks format
very quickly with recent versions of InCD.
I have plenty of GPs whose backup systems with this method work
reliably for comparable periods to other media and regimes.
Greg
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