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[OM] Re: Off site file backup?

Subject: [OM] Re: Off site file backup?
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:39:53 -0700
James Howe wrote:
> ....
>
> That being said, even the best laid plans can mess you up.  I've been using 
> some auto-sync software to keep my local backup drives in sync.  Ultimately 
> Mozy gets data from one of my local drives.  However, I made the mistake of 
> deleting some files that I didn't really mean to, and I didn't realize it 
> until a few weeks later.  By that time, my file syncing had deleted the files 
> from the local drive, and Mozy had deleted them from their site and I 
> couldn't go back far enough on Mozy to find a backup where the files existed. 
>  200 digital images gone like that due to my stupidity.  All I have left are 
> some thumbnails generated by Lightroom.
>   
Bummer!

That's why I don't do auto back-ups by synching, only by incrementing. I 
can wipe out an old version with a new version of the same name, but 
deletions on the backups are only made with intentional care.

Moose

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