-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 deloptes wrote: > I am doing a backup once a month ... I don't use any raid ... no issues in > the past. After 4 years of use, I have disassembled the notebook and > cleaned it up with a spray. I think it will work for the next 4 years ...
FWIW, good experience in the past is not a reliable guide as to how often one should back up data, as it could be just caused by good luck. The interval of backups should match how much you can 'afford' to lose. I usually backup my data daily [1], because that is about the maximum work that I am prepared to recreate in case of failure. I have had disks running reliably for 10-15 years and others failing within 4 weeks from purchase. Of course it is also a question of how much time you will spend on backing up the data compared to how much time you will spend to recreate the data in case of loss. Backups can be automated, though ;-) YMMV, of course. - -- Johannes In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. - - Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkz2DgsACgkQC1NzPRl9qEVnzACdG3iOYQ3M881sl1QxlPlwTnd3 HfQAnAnIG2jFh2QlADvFP+rAWtpsTtJN =llB2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cf60e0b.5060...@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de
