Hey Russell!

Feb 23 12:32 05, Russell Tiedt wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 RT> My cd-rom backups are about 18 months old at best ....

I gave up on burning CDs about that long ago.  I am currently using flash
media for backups.  Faster and more reliable over the long haul then CDs
are.  The only problem is cost but then that helps explain why I am
conservative when it comes to backed up data.  Just stuff that would be
impossible or extremely difficult to replace.

 RT> Unfortunate, no matter how simple, there will always be one who lacks 
 RT> understanding, or was in dire need of a strong cup of coffee when 
 RT> they setup a 
 RT> system, andskip something ....

I am sure we're all guilty of that.  I know I slip up and freely admit it. 
However that is usually how I learn and hopefully don't repeat that same
mistake again, whatever the mistake or misconfiguration was.  Thus backing
up important configurations is usually a high priority item here.  I am
sure all those old CDs have more then enough of those on them.  I haven't
needed any of them lately and they currently are sitting in a box but
looking around I can spy two compactflash disks within arm's reach and feel
a usb flashdisk in my pants pocket as we speak.  I know what is on them,
and I am betting they will see action for a little while yet.

Life is good,
Maurice

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