[Eug-lug] network attached storage for home use

[John Sechrest]

"Ben Barrett" <stircrazyben at gmail.com> writes:


 % Why do you think a 2nd system should be running, John?  

 I think that a backup is not a backup, unless it is on three different media.
 It takes only one think-o before the mistake you make on your filesystem is replicated
 to your backup and you loose data. 

 

 % Unless you're
 % away from home all the time, and still relying on network to access
 % your own data (at a distance). 

 It is not a matter of access, even though I like to think of things
 assuming that there is remote access.
 But it is a matter of keeping your data up to date and current. 

 If you have an automated backup system, so that you don't loose data
 more than a few hours old, then your automated backup needs to have at least 2 copies,
 so that one can have the mistake on it that you just backed up and one can have the
 real data that you want to recover from. 

 

  



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