On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 01:48:45PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> 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.
Don't forget the earplugs... ;)
D.
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