[Leaplist] Re: Refurbished Hard Drive

[Kevin Korb]

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I am not arguing with the benefits of an offsite backup.  I have one at
work of course.

My point was that I have analyzed my risk and due to the fact that I
have no cheap way to accomplish an offsite backup it just isn't worth it
for me personally.

On 02/03/10 15:55, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 February 2010 13:57:32 Kevin Korb wrote:
>> A second location would certainly be nice but I just don't have that
>> available.
>>
>> My solution for taking backups offline is the simplest possible.  I shut
>> the backup computer off when I am not using it.
> 
> Here are the problems with not having a secondary:
> 
> 1) Your backup server suffers an irretrievable disk crash. Since I'm sure you 
> raided your server to the max, this isn't a problem for you.
> 
> 2) A robber breaks into your house and steals everything, including your 
> backup server. It would be nice to have an offsite backup.
> 
> 3) A hurricane blows your house down. It would be nice to have an offsite 
> backup. Also, if you have to evacuate and have little room in your car or 
> motorcycle, you can simply grab your backup hard disk or backup DVDs, pocket 
> them, and hit the road. This actually happened to me January 17, 1994, when my 
> family and I lived in Reseda, California 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_earthquake). I grabbed my backup 
> tapes, wife and 8 month old triplets and headed north until the shaking 
> stopped 200 miles from LA. The Red Cross classified our neighborhood as 
> "destroyed." We were 6 city blocks from the epicenter.
> 
> Turns out I didn't need the tapes -- my Gateway Computer took a licking and 
> kept on ticking.
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt
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> http://www.recession-relief.US
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> 
> 

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