[AccessD] On the subject of backups

[James Button]

Nice -
But - maybe also consider what you would do if your hardware got a change of
"ownership", sorry, keeper!
 - complete with all the paperwork re. insurance and device serial numbers going
too.
Or a lightning strike on your home!

So - without the phone, or any records -
That is no passport, no bankbook, chequebook, or credit cards, no driving
licence, social services, or medical health id papers.
get the cash to get replacement hardware, and set it up to get a download of
your existing backups.


Oh! 
And re email backup - does all you send get held on a 3rd party - off-site (4
you) location.

JimB
 

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD
<accessd-bounces+jamesbutton=blueyonder.co.uk at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of
John Colby
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2023 7:52 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] On the subject of backups

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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