On Tue, 2 May 2006 23:38:42 +1000 "James Harper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > _never_ replaces backup. I can have 1000 redundant systems dispersed > > across the entire galaxy, and if a user accidentally deletes an > > important record, I'll still need to go to backup to recover it, > > since the redundant systems will faithfully delete it from all > mirrors. > > There are filesystem based solutions to this particular problem, (and > I'm not talking about the 'recycle bin' :), where all changes to files > are kept in the filesystem for a specified period, and you can say to > the filesystem "I want to see this file or this directory as it was at > 2:37pm last Tuesday, just before my wife dropped by with my 2 year old > son and he started banging away on the keyboard while I wasn't > watching". > > There are also application based solutions, eg CVS, although that > requires a bit more discipline and/or mucking around. > > I'm not suggesting that this in any way reduces the need for an offsite > backup, but it can relieve some of the need to go and fetch last > Monday's tape from the offsite location to restore a single file. It's a good point, and part of our plan. Using PostgreSQL transaction log rotation will give us point-in-time recovery of the database. We're already using subversion to track a number of things. As you noted, it doesn't replace the need for backups. For one thing, lawyers and governments stipulate certain things, and saying "we don't need that because we have this instead" doesn't fly with them. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. **************************************************************** IMPORTANT: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient (or the individual responsible for the delivery of this message to an intended recipient), please be advised that any re-use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. **************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
