Eric,
There is, in my opinion, a huge potential benefit from keeping your old
backups (and not over-writing them). Crashes and subsequent data loss,
inadvertent deletions (as well as intentional deletions for which you
need to go back and get old data), etc. make it well worth having a
history of your database.
Given that CDs will hold many copies of most people's databases, and
given the cost (and size) of CDs, keeping a history of the database on
CDs would not seem problematic. Given the potential benefits, why
bother re-writing?
Carl
Eric Johnson wrote:
>
> Barry,
>
> If your CD writer is CD-RW capable, you can buy just a few RW disks and keep
> rewriting them, reducing the cost way below the buck or so per disk that a
> one-time-only CD-R costs. I have two media ... I make a backup on one and
> take it home. When I make the next backup and take it home, the first one
> comes back the next morning and becomes the next to be rewritten.
>
> -- Eric Johnson
> Colorado Environmental Coalition
> Denver, CO
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >What
> >I'll try to do, now that you've nudged me about it, is back up the entire
> >set of GreenSpace directories--web site and Ebase to CD on a weekly basis
> >and hand the CD over to our executive director. We can afford the $2 per
> >week, and that copy will be fire/theft/disaster proof. Anything that takes
> >out her home and mine simultaneously will take most of our membership as
> >well, after which none of us will be too concerned.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Barry
> >Greater Sandy Spring Green Space
> >
>
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