[Gllug] backup solution

[Rich Walker]

Bernard Peek <bap at shrdlu.com> writes:

> In message <m3wueru7zz.fsf at thoth.shadow.local>, Rich Walker <rw at shadow.org.uk> writes
> 
> 
> >I know that the outfit my dad used to work for discovered that sunlight
> >was eating their CD-R's, and so issues  one of those wonderful
> >company-wide memos...
> >
> >But for *english* *legal* reasons, you only *need* to keep 7 years of
> >data accessible. And anyway, given increase in storage size, in 10 years
> >you'll burn all your old CDR's onto a corner of your holographic
> >crystal, and bury a spare in the garden...
> 
> Probably. But just a small correction, there are some types of financial data that has to be kept
> indefinitely. I believe that it includes directors' expense payments. I could be wrong on that, but
> I was told that by a company secretary..

Umm; I'll check, as I'm supposed to know these things. Interestingly,
company liability insurance certificates have to be kept for 40 years -
and I'm not sure they're printed on acid-free paper...

cheers, Rich.

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