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Re: [Networker] What do you backup on the desktop?

2003-10-17 08:45:26
Subject: Re: [Networker] What do you backup on the desktop?
From: Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:43:15 -0400
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Mark Shakespeare wrote:

>To All...
>
>My new boss wants me to only backup a Data Folder or Home Directory
>on Desktop Systems.
>
>What does your company do???

We don't back up desktop machines at all; except for a few that are used
for heavy R&D purposes. Most users simply store their files on a
departmental LAN server (Novell or Windows) and than that server gets
backed up. At our site, backups are retained for six months.

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