[AccessD] On the subject of backups

[John Colby]

LOL.  I ran raid 6 on my server with 2 hot backup drives.  Over about 7
years I never lost anything either, though I did lose a couple of drives
of=ver that time.

In this case I am discussing my laptop.

On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 12:12 PM Jim Dettman via AccessD <
accessd at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:

>
>  As a start, I run all my PC's with a RAID 1 configuration.   I then use
> external backup drives, typically which come with software to back up
> everything.
>
>  I've never (famous last words here) lost anything yet.  The RAID
> software/hardware does patrol reads and with a SMART interface
> (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology), you usually get a
> warning when one of your drives is about to fail.
>
>  If you are really paranoid, buy a hardware RAID controller and run RAID 6,
> which requires two drives to fail before any loss of data.
>
> Jim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD On Behalf Of John Colby
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2023 10:55 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: [AccessD] On the subject of backups
>
> I'm on a mission from God...
>
> Having lost my boot drive recently, I have decided it is time to get
> serious about backups.  Yea yea, after the horse is gone...
>
> Windows File History isn't an all encompassing backup but it seems to
> garner good reviews for what it does.
>
> https://www.pcworld.com/article/833338/windows-file-history-review.html
>
> One thing this article mentions is that File History automatically backs up
> all *libraries*.  Now libraries are a subject I had no clue about but it
> seems that we can create our own libraries which will then be automatically
> included in File History backups.
>
> https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-libraries-windows-10
>
> So I created a library for 'Development'.  I place all of my dev stuff out
> on a second partition drive D: with a half dozen or so directories.  So I
> created a Development library and added all of these directories on drive
> d: and voila, file history will now grab it
>
> TBH when I clicked "create" apply changes to the library took off and man
> is it taking awhile.
>
> I think this will be handy.  I am a budding (or withering, depending on how
> you look at it) musician.  I play at the bass and am trying to get a midi
> keyboard working through my computer as well.  I own and really like Band
> In A Box as a way to create a 'busking' like thing going and it requires an
> entire install and a ton of files, plus the stuff that I create.
>
> So a Library seems in order for that as well.  Automatic backups for that
> stuff.
>
> At any rate, File History for all the functionality it provides.
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