Re: [Nolug] This is why...

On 2009-05-15 10:26, Jeremy (mailing list box) wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> crotchety old geezers insist upon off-site, *off-line* backups. rsync
>> to a neighboring machine just does not cut it...
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8049780.stm
>> "Some have asked whether or not we had back-ups. Yes, we
>> dutifully backed up our servers every day. Unfortunately,
>> we backed up the servers between our two servers.
>>
>> "The hacker took out both servers, destroying our ability to
>> use one or the other back-up to remedy the situation."
>>
>
> I guess that makes me a crotchety old IR geezer. :) I've been
> working on a project that's doing exactly that at work. Currently we
> have 500GB of data that is on our SAN and the only backup is tapes
> stored in the same building. *sigh*

It's better than nothing! But even my non-tech grandfather knew
better. He or the bookkeeper (his niece) took home the (13"
removable) disk pack every night.

-- 
Scooty Puff, Sr
The Doom-Bringer
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