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<P><FONT SIZE=2>John</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>That's inspired... What do all the individual switches mean? I've only got a vague memory of DOS I'm afraid :-)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Jon</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: John Colby [<A HREF="mailto:jcolby@colbyconsulting.com">mailto:jcolby@colbyconsulting.com</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: 28 August 2003 13:37</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Security measures</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>BTW, I generated a batch file that copies all of the CHANGED files from a given path to another path. I then run that from my windows scheduler once a day.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>The batch file looks like:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>xcopy d:\dev e:\Backup\dev /E /Y /C /M /I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>xcopy d:\C2DbClientBilling e:\Backup\C2DbClientBilling /E /Y /C /M /I xcopy d:\Clients e:\Backup\Clients /E /Y /C /M /I xcopy d:\COLBYCONSULTING e:\Backup\COLBYCONSULTING /E /Y /C /M /I xcopy d:\ColbyConsultingWebNew e:\Backup\ColbyConsultingWebNew /E /Y /C /M /I xcopy d:\NVFCNew e:\Backup\NVFCNew /E /Y /C /M /I xcopy d:\Projects e:\Backup\Projects /E /Y /C /M /I xcopy "c:\dOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS" "e:\Backup\documents and settings" /E /Y /C /M /I</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>As you can see, I am simply doing an XCopy from my D:\Dev to e:\Backup. This copies the entire directory the first time. The switches cause the copy to only copy CHANGED files, thus the second and subsequent times the xcopy is darned fast. However if I create a new client directory in my dev</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>(development) directory, it is automatically backed up. In this case, the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>E: drive is a second physical drive in the same machine. However there is no reason why it couldn't be a mapped drive on a completely different machine, or for that matter even a ftp up to a directory on the net if I wanted to pay for disk storage out there.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>I call this "backup on the cheap"</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>John W. Colby</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>www.colbyconsulting.com</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>[<A HREF="mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com">mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</A>]On Behalf Of Mitsules, Mark</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:22 AM</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Security measures</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Arthur,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Just to be clear, are we talking about your personal computers, or clients? Because, with today's prices on hard drive storage, why bother with removable media? Just put your images on another hard drive. For personal use, I would doubt that most people using removable media for backups are using it as it was intended...off-site storage. Unless you are storing your backups off-site, another hard drive serves the same purpose, is faster, and in the long run, a cost efficient alternative. I just purchased 2 160GB disks to go along with my 2 80GB drives. With all the discounts and rebates each 7200 RPM, 160GB drive with 8MB cache cost just $100 USD. That seems like plenty of room for images;)</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Mark</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Arthur Fuller [<A HREF="mailto:artful@rogers.com">mailto:artful@rogers.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:09 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Security measures</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>My chief problem is that the hard disks are so big now (80GB) that I need a DVD burner to put the backups on! It reminds of the bad old days when I used FastBack and about 50 floppies :-) And something would always go wrong at about disk 37.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Where do you put your ghosts?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Arthur</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>[<A HREF="mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com">mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com</A>] On Behalf Of Porter, Mark</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:56 PM</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Not really. I do regular windows updates, and the AVG update is on automatic for every 3 days. I do backups and ghosts every once in a while just incase, though.</FONT></P>
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