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   Dave Yeo to All   
   Re: Was AMD Phenom based hardware - back   
   01 Dec 10 16:29:29   
   
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   From: Dave Yeo    
      
   Doug Bissett wrote:   
   > On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 02:29:34 UTC, "Dariusz Piatkowski"   
   >   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   
      
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