[thelist] backing up your databases, just in case
Ed McCarroll
Ed at ComSimplicity.com
Tue Aug 12 11:02:08 CDT 2003
> The network admin came in the next day and proceeded to try to
> get the database restored from our nightly backups, but, wouldn't
> you know, the backup from before I screwed up the database had
> been overwritten by the previous night's backup.
This also underscores the importance of rotating your backup media.
I recommend the Tower of Hanoi algorithm, which guarantees that you'll
have a good spread, just in case you don't know exactly when you
clobbered a given file.
(Which reminds me, I'm overdue to do my backups.)
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Ed McCarroll MailTo:Ed at ComSimplicity.com
ComSimplicity (310) 838-4330
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