[steering] backup for move

Dean Mah dmah@members.evolt.org
Sat Jul 20 20:10:28 2002


On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 03:31:38PM -0700, Marlene Bruce wrote:

> >A standard procedure would be to do a backup of the data prior to the
> >move.
>
> Has this been verified with Matt?

Dan would be doing this backup.


> >Tapes of the backup would travel with the hardware.
>
> What if his car or the contents get stolen?

Then the hardware is lost along with the data.


> >We could take the extra precaution that copies of the tapes would
> >reside at Starkmedia as well.
>
> We need something like this, or better (the tapes reside elsewhere).

I can also make a digital copy and download it to my site.


> >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.
>
> Can someone verify this?
>
> Is the Oracle software we would need listed here?
> http://otn.oracle.com/software/content.html
> Downloads seem to require a login.

I have access to technet.  We can get the correct versions of Oracle
from there.  Or I have the CD.


> What about our version of Cold Fusion?
> http://www.macromedia.com/software/trial_download//

Don't know.  I'm not familiar with ColdFusion.

Dean



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