[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Disposal - axe on the chopping block works wonders.
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> I guess I wasn't clear that the full backups take about 10 CDRWs these
> days. The pain of the full backups is not the cost, it's the hours it
> takes to do.
Then my recommendation is to change to a tape system.
Look at the Sanyo DAT drives. How much is your time worth?
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> Grant seemed to miss the point that if the file is created after the
> full backup, and later damaged, it's lost after N days, where N is your
> incremental cycle period.
That is the risk taken by anyone foolish enough to only save one copy of
any file. Sorry, but it has to be said (to everyone). I've been drumming
into people for almost two decades "Save early, save often and save
various copies". The last bit tends to get missed. It is the only way
that I know of around this problem.
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