That I agree with, but as far as I know most of that can be reconstructed
with some time and effort a lot more easily than data related to the
enterprise's line of business which the users keep in My Documents or on
their Desktop.



On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:54 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> There's a load of profile-specific stuff in there, which companies may or
> may not want to back up, dependent on their infrastructure setup.
>
> Despatched via Blackberry. Mock if you will, but it gets my email without
> a fuss.
> ------------------------------
> *From: * Jonathan Link <[email protected]>
> *Sender: * [email protected]
> *Date: *Fri, 11 Jul 2014 11:48:52 -0400
> *To: *[email protected]<[email protected]>
> *ReplyTo: * [email protected]
> *Subject: *Re: [NTSysADM] Online server backups
>
> Wait, what?  I thought that's what My Documents and the Desktop were for.
>  I can't recall any significant data going into AppData for any of my
> applications.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Err…. It’s also where a legitimate data is SUPPOSED to reside as well…
>>
>>
>>
>> -sc
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jonathan Link
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 11, 2014 11:10 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Online server backups
>>
>>
>>
>> For home users this probably is a feature, since this is where malware
>> likes to hide.  This probably applies to many small business users who run
>> as admin.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:18 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > Was looking at the likes of Carbonite and Mozy, but haven't got around
>> to
>> > any testing yet....any input is appreciated.
>>
>>   A side client of mine tried Carbonite Pro a couple years back.  The
>> software was hard-coded to never back up "Application Data" (AppData)
>> folders.  When I contacted support, I discovered the company
>> considered this a feature.
>>
>>   I recommended the customer avoid using a backup company that didn't
>> think data should be backed up.
>>
>> -- Ben
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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