[dba-Tech] Virtual Machine

Peter Brawley peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Mon Nov 26 11:47:44 CST 2007


>Santa might give me a 500GB disk... 
>I've been a good boy so here's hoping.

Santa is inattentive. Murphy isn't.

Backup to another machine is OK, but backup to another 500G HD with 
regular rotation of at least one of those drives offsite is safer & cheaper.

PB

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Arthur Fuller wrote:
> Now, if I could only figure out how to back up my 500GB disk. Oh wait, I
> have it. Buy another 500GB disk, put it on another machine, and copy
> everything there, then start over. I think Susan has a good idea. Wait for
> the Christmas holidays and do it then. Who knows? Santa might give me a
> 500GB disk... I've been a good boy so here's hoping.
>
> A.
>
> On 11/26/07, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>   
>> That is an excellent idea... definitely recommended. The only downside, if
>> it can be called that, is the amount of memory required 3-3.5 GB is a good
>> recommendation.
>>
>> Jim
>>
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