RE: best long-term data storage???

J. Paul Robinson (PAUL@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu)
Mon, 17 Mar 1997 09:43:51

David L. Haviland wrote:
" But instead of using the optical drive, we are considering also
connecting the second Mac to our unix file server on which there is
considerable disk space available."
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Guenter Valet and myself just wrote an article in the Clinical
Immunology Newsletter 17, number 1 page 7-13, 1997. " A PRIMER ON
COMPUTERS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND INTERNET ACCESS FOR CYTOMETRY"
In this article we discuss the issue of archiving data...
Can I be so bold to quote something that I wrote myself...

"Data backups are best done immediately before a major system
crash!"..... "...it is not IF but WHEN a disk crashes that all the
data are lost."

Incremental backups to a system drive is OK for short term extra
safety (like for a week), but you really should consider an
alternative method such as tape, optical or CD recorder.

Paul Robinson
J.Paul Robinson, Purdue University Cytometry Labs
Professor of Immunopharmacology
robinson@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu PH:317-494 6449 FAX:317-494 0517
web http://www.cyto.purdue.edu


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