The reason usually for different media types is being able to retrieve the data.
If a CD or DVD does not burn properly, all data is lost. If a drive goes bad, all data is lost. The goal is to get the data back and if you cannot read from the media, it is the same as if you didn't backup at all. On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Vince O'Sullivan <[email protected]>wrote: > On Feb 16, 3:16 am, Ryan Waterer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peter Krogh, which he calls Digital Asset Management > > Essentially, for a > > complete and total backup solution, we should follow a 3-2-1 method. > > 3 different locations (hard drives, computers, thumb drives, etc), 2 > > different types of media and 1 off-site location. > > Why two different media types? Is backing my data from the hard drive > in my PC to the hard drive in a network server more error prone than > backing it up to a CD or DVD? Should I specify that the off-site > location use memory sticks to back up my hard drive? What's the > difference between "hard drive" and "computer" in your list above? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Robert Casto www.IWantFreeShipping.com Find Amazon Filler Items easily! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
