Quoting Philip Reynolds (phil at redbrick.dcu.ie):
> A lot of companies nowadays use another method of backing up, much
> like prayer, called NBA[1]. An NBA is one of the most easiest and
> short-term relaxing ways to do a backup, definately cost effective,
> however there are problems with restoration I'm unaware of.
>> Phil.
>> [1] Non-existent Backup Scheme
Phil's advice seemed a little radical, so I compromised and just
switched to /dev/null as my backup device. Throughput has improved
immensely! The only additional equipment required is peril-sensitive
sunglasses.
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Cheers, Live Faust, die Jung.
Rick Moen
rick at linuxmafia.com
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