[steering] backup for move

[Dean Mah]

On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 02:48:38PM -0700, Marlene Bruce wrote:
> >Backups are done of the site and the database which we should have
> >access to if there is a data integrity problem.
>
> Lots of questions:
>
> Are data backups done daily? What about backups of software and other
> box setup stuff? Do we know who to contact in case of data loss?
> Would we have to go through Dan?

A standard procedure would be to do a backup of the data prior to the
move.  Tapes of the backup would travel with the hardware.  We could
take the extra precaution that copies of the tapes would reside at
Starkmedia as well.

I'm not sure about third-party software.  I am assuming that CF and
Oracle can be downloaded from the Web site and the license applied.
PHP, Apache, mysql, etc. can all be downloaded from the Web.

We shouldn't have to bother Dan with any of this as long as we have
the licenses and our backups are good.

Dean