Re: Backup

on 2/3/2006 8:02 AM Gerard Bok said the following:
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:21:05 GMT, "Luigi Donatello Asero"
<jaggillarfotboll@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Notan" <notan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
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nemo_outis wrote:

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I'm with ya.

I do weekly full system backups to a hard drive, incremental daily
backups to the same hard drive and, once a week, copy my full system
backup to a portable drive, which, in turn, is stored in a fireproof
safe.

Notan


What do you mean by "in a fireproof safe"?
A fireproof save drive?


A fireproof safe is the place where you will find all your
unreadable magnetic media after a fire :-)

Unless the safe is explicitly designed and tested as 'media safe'
it is pretty useless. Normal safes are designed and tested against 1 hour at 150
degrees centigrade. That means, that paper will likely survive
the fire without major burning damage.

I have an older one of these (built before anyone had heard of "magnetic media". The instructions for what to do in case of fire are:

1. Extract safe from fire
2. hose down the safe until the exterior stops sizzling
3. Operate combination, but don't open yet,
4. Open while simultaneously bathing area with CO^2 extinguisher.
(the contents will be hot, this last step is to be sure that the paper inside does not flash to flame when exposed to oxygen.)

I kid you not, that's what it says. Hopefully modern technology is a tad better. ;-)

JH
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