[Gllug] backup

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 07:22:11PM +0000, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> t.clarke wrote:
> 
> >Re backups to the network drive:
> >
> >Have you considered "tar'ing" your files to the raw backup-disc device
> >name, in a similar manner to tar'ing to a raw floppy ??
> >
> >This method certainly works with Unix, and so should I think work with 
> >linux
> > 
> >
> 
> Would you care to speculate on the odds of a hard drive being dropped, 
> say, 1 meter, onto your average floor covering and still working afterwards?
> 
> Next:  Would you bet your data on it?

What ? Data still on it ? Are you sugesting that the shock of hitting the floor
would make all the bits slide off the platters ? :-)

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Alain Williams

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