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Skriven 2010-12-03 04:21:49 av Dariusz Piatkowski
Ärende: Re: Was AMD Phenom based hardware - backing up issues
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From: "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net>

On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 02:07:17 UTC, "Trevor Hemsley" 
<Trevor.Hemsley@mytrousers.ntlworld.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 00:41:08 UTC in comp.os.os2.misc, "Dariusz Piatkowski" 
> <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 00:29:29 UTC, Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Doug Bissett wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 02:29:34 UTC, "Dariusz Piatkowski"
> > > > <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net>  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I have a rather simple backup process...I tossed a
> > > >> 500Gig spare SATA drive into my machine and on nightly basis I use
'dSync' to
> > > >> move the changed files over to the backup drive. The backup drive is
partitioned
> > > >> exactly the same way as my main OS2 boot drive, so the sync is
basically
> > > >> partition to partition at file level.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > The only real "problem" with that approach, is that the second drive
> > > > will not do you much good if the machine is stolen, or damaged (fire
> > > > perhaps), so some additional backup, that can be stored offsite, is
> > > > recommended.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > As well as a power surge, etc will take out every hard drive in the
machine.
> > > Dave
> > 
> > Agreed guys...I understand the limitations...my main box is hooked up to a
APC 
> > Smart 1000 UPS...so that certainly helps. But as you pointed out, this
method is
> > certainly not fool-proof...it is however better then NO backup what so 
> > ever...lol!
> 
> A USB attached drive would address most of the shortcomings of your current 
> approach and should not be a huge amount slower. An even better solution
would 
> be *2* USB attached drives that you used on alternate days so that if you
were 
> struck by lightning in the middle of performing the backup, it wouldn't nuke
all
> copies

Well...speaking of USB attached drives...how 'workable' are these solutions in 
our OS2 environment? I ask b/c with my current hardware getting a simple SD
card
reader used to be a problem. Eventually with the right combination of USB 
drivers I was ok, but even then the transfer rate was just miserable.

What can one expect these days?



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