From: "Robert Comer" 

Mirroring lessens the chance of losing data, but it's not proof against it.
(no disk scheme is absolute proof against loss.)

- Bob Comer


"Ellen K."  wrote in message
news:6v9t0v8vrq1guj0c3vul9gvsurm3ou69ut{at}4ax.com...
> How would you lose the log in my scenario?   Among other points, it's
> gonna be on its own pair of mirrored drives...
>
> On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 01:20:53 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote in message :
>
> >If you didn't lose the log too. 
> >
> >- Bob Comer
> >
> >
> >
> >"Ellen K."  wrote in message
> >news:3n2t0v8aaokjbc2ia6sf462p1ponmgmrmg{at}4ax.com...
> >>
> >> Actually, you'd restore from the log, not the backup, so your problem
> >> doesn't have a chance to happen.    :)
> >>
> >> On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 08:29:29 -0500, Mike '/m'
 wrote
in
> >> message :
> >>
> >> >But you then discover that you have not done any test restores from
> >> >your backup tapes, and the tapes that you thought
contained your data
> >> >are all blank....
> >> >
> >> > /m
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 16:20:55 -0800, Ellen K.
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>Gaaah.   And you just said you'd rather worry about things that
happen
> >> >>often than things that happen rarely?
> >> >>
> >> >>OK, the automated routine deletes ALL the calls, then they get
restored
> >> >>from the backup when this is discovered.
> >> >>
> >> >>On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 11:11:17 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote in
> >> >>message :
> >> >>
> >> >>>One day the systems cmos battery starts
> >> >>>to go bad and somehow the computer date gets
changed to the year
2010,
> >what
> >> >>>happens that night to the automated routine?
> >>
> >
>

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