A cautionary tale….

Earlier this week I was busy rebuilding an old machine to use as a dedicated writing machine.

I going to blog all about that at TheFridayBlog (my writing blog) tomorrow!

One thing that I won’t mention there is the minor setback that occurred due to my stupidity and lack of thought.

The problem was rsync!

I decided (quite rightly) that it would be rather sensible to back up the writing machine not only to gmail (my normal process) and to an external USB drive (I just happened to have a spare one available) but also to my server.

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Backup or Die!

Back up or die!

If your business relies on your access to email and the internet, think how devastated you’d be should that access be removed.

With this article I shall attempt to identify the risks and suggest possible strategies to minimise any risk to your data or your ability to continue with your business without interruption or inconvenience to you or your clients.

What are the risks?

Hardware failure

Let me tell you a secret. Every hard disk that has ever been built is going to fail! Every single one. The hard disk in the machine that you are using now is going to fail one day (hopefully, not today!) The hard disks in the servers at your bank are going to fail (don’t worry, your bank’s IT department also knows that and they have taken precautions – I hope).

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