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CYF · 01-02-2012, 03:21 PM

Today's a great time to get a backup in.

New year, new month, time for a new backup

Scott McD · 01-02-2012, 03:23 PM

True dat !!

sponsorpimp · 01-02-2012, 03:41 PM

Talked me into it

oscer · 01-02-2012, 04:01 PM

Doing this on all my servers as well ...

alias · 01-02-2012, 04:01 PM

I'll take one.

CYF · 01-02-2012, 04:15 PM

and I'm finished

Time Machine makes it really easy on the mac. I really need to automate the backups for the servers, though.

CYF · 01-02-2012, 06:47 PM

B.Barnato · 01-02-2012, 06:50 PM

Thanks for the reminder

raymor · 01-03-2012, 12:18 AM

Remember the rules of backups. Backups must be:
Automatic
Offsite
Tested
Rotated
Quickly restoreable

Those are criteria I believe. We have people saying they wish they had Clonebox before because:
Their backups weren't automatic, and therefore hadn't been done recently.
Their backups weren't offsite and so melted in the same fire that destroyed the main copy.
Their backups weren't tested, and turned out to be broken.
Their backups weren't rotated, so the backup ran AFTER the hack, leaving them with two copies of crap.
Their backups were on tape and would take several days to restore.

01-02-2012, 03:21 PM	#1
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01-02-2012, 04:15 PM	#6
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01-02-2012, 06:50 PM	#8
B.Barnato So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 3,618	Thanks for the reminder

01-03-2012, 12:18 AM	#9
raymor Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,745	Remember the rules of backups. Backups must be: Automatic Offsite Tested Rotated Quickly restoreable Those are criteria I believe. We have people saying they wish they had Clonebox before because: Their backups weren't automatic, and therefore hadn't been done recently. Their backups weren't offsite and so melted in the same fire that destroyed the main copy. Their backups weren't tested, and turned out to be broken. Their backups weren't rotated, so the backup ran AFTER the hack, leaving them with two copies of crap. Their backups were on tape and would take several days to restore. Last edited by raymor; 01-03-2012 at 12:23 AM..