On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 23:40, Jason Lim wrote: > Except that I've pointed out already that we're specifically NOT looking > at a live RAID solution. This is a backup drive that is suppose to be > synced every 12 hours or 24 hours. > > The idea being that if there is a virus, a cracker, or hardware > malfunction
And if you discover this within 12 hours... Most times you won't. > then the backup drives can be immediately pulled out and > inserted into a backup computer, and switch on to provide immediate > restoration of services (with data up to 12 hours old, but better than > having up-to-date information that may be corrupted or "cracked" versions > of programs). If the drive is in the cracked machine then it should not be trusted. If a drive is in a machine that has hardware damage then there's no guarantee it'll still have data on it... -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
