-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Monday 31 March 2008 11:39, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Monday 31 March 2008 11:28, Hans Witvliet wrote:
On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 10:36 +0200, jdd sur free wrote:
G T Smith a écrit :
In many situations a solution that allows for recovery of a file that got deleted in error (or corrupted best solution I see is
It seems useful to distinguish backup, which is a prophylaxis against unexpected data loss, and archiving, which is for preserving a historical record of your files. One often need not archive nearly as much data as one would want to be able to recover after a hardware, software or human error.
... And conversely, one need not expect backup data to have nearly th longevity of archival storage.
RRS
Agreed, However, an issue with a snapshot style of backup is the assumption that the material to be backed up is valid. While this may the case with a catastrophic failure, it may not be the case if the source material has been degrading over time due to hardware, software, or human error issues. (Hardware based degradation can be covered by using RAID to some extent, but the others not at all). If the snapshop recovery fails to recover data, recovery from an archive of last good copies is useful to have as a fallback option. In my experience to solely rely on one mechanism is inviting that mechanism to fail. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH8fk3asN0sSnLmgIRArOOAKC6tW4rRwHAwWrjWpAhg7FUpxl3AACgwgi9 /a3fYTctDGqgGoFUHoIO/y0= =H3Zv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org