Heenan, Lambert
Lambert.Heenan at chartisinsurance.com
Tue Oct 13 12:55:40 CDT 2009
Hmm. How odd. Bing (MS) has a link to the story... http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/10/13/business/doc4ad332c6abf3c150883552.txt But it comes up 'broken'. Google cache has the story though. MS covering it's trail? Lambert -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:27 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Back Up Your Backup I find it odd, or disturbing that Microsoft/T-Mobile could lose data and not have their own backup. The MS spokesmouth said "still a chance some of the lost user data could be restored from a backup system." Still some chance? Rocky -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:51 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] Back Up Your Backup Hi John You miss the point. Any backup system can fail, that's why you need two or more. Relying on one tape backup is just as stupid as relying on one remote backup. Besides, the MS/T-mobile case is not two but one example. Google have had troubles but - as far as I know - no data got lost. We use Amazon (My Secure Backup) which to date never have failed. The cost per month - for example for my workstation with all my personal data - is about USD 2.5. /gustav >>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 13-10-2009 18:37 >>> The subject should be "how to lose your job". ;) > This is so cheap to establish that every serious business should run this way. Still - and that is very strange to me - only very few clients run this way. Because they see examples like MICROSOFT and T-MOBILE who only have a single copy of their data. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Rocky > > The subject line should rather be: Don't rely on a single backup system. > > For critical data this is simple. One backup system only introduces a single point of failure. Thus, we recommend clients to have three, at least two, independent backup systems: > > 1. A local backup. Previously that would be a tape backup. Today > typically a harddisk, internal or external. > 2. Another local backup where the media frequently is brought > off-site, typically an external harddisk brought to some other location with fast access. > 3. A remote backup. > > This is so cheap to establish that every serious business should run > this way. Still - and that is very strange to me - only very few clients run this way. > > /gustav > > >>>> rockysmolin at bchacc.com 13-10-2009 17:52 >>> > > Sidekick users distraught as personal data vanishes > http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/13/sidekick-users-dist > raught-personal-data-vanishes/?uniontrib -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com