This topic prompted me to look at Carbonite again. Does anyone use this? Would love to hear real world experience as the price seems righ.....
I always end up on this page and go hmmm http://www.carbonite.com.au/07/24/disadvantages-of-online-backup/ Greg Wood [email protected] 0417044439 On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: >>If there's a hole in my argument I need to know. > > > > Well, it seems clear to me that a version control system is written > specifically for that purpose, and a backup system for that specific purpose > (unless the designers and authors of the system have made some political > statement about overlapping intentions). > > > > I’m sure the version software authors try to make the version system as > robust as possible, but I did experience a serious corruption of Source Safe > a few years ago and we never managed to get some archived old software > versions out of it. For that reason I don’t consider a version system any > kind of backup at all. At that previous job they were backing up the version > backing files to tape, but it was clear that they had been backing up > corrupt version files for a year or so. > > > > There’s the hole. > > > > Greg
