tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post7661387208047090381..comments2024-03-22T08:23:38.715+00:00Comments on Trouble At T’Mill - a wargaming blog: Sure, you have a backup. But can you recover it?Mike Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165272678144625943noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-43899008057782971702013-12-16T16:21:50.222+00:002013-12-16T16:21:50.222+00:00Our 1.5 TB drive burned out, losing a fair amount ...Our 1.5 TB drive burned out, losing a fair amount of stuff. Luckily most of it was backed-up. Now yet again we're having trouble with the PC it came from. I don't think there's any such thing as too much back-up. =(A Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834159033854153921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-87563891973252819612013-12-16T08:28:46.680+00:002013-12-16T08:28:46.680+00:00Mike - You are our hero! Thanks for restoring serv...Mike - You are our hero! Thanks for restoring service so quickly.Piscatoreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09993952341776678764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-29256437278923759532013-12-16T07:21:43.484+00:002013-12-16T07:21:43.484+00:00I simply back up files on an external hard drive a...I simply back up files on an external hard drive about once a month.<br /><br />My wife's laptop won't switch on and I was able to produce her extensive Christmas Card List from the back up which was a bit of a life saver<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819909229567148447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-70124308794645073732013-12-15T23:46:10.744+00:002013-12-15T23:46:10.744+00:00The data drives are mirrored (/home, /var/www, /va...The data drives are mirrored (/home, /var/www, /var/mail). I didn't bother on the boot drive because a combination of a reinstall, a backup of the apt selections and of /etc would do the trick.Mike Whitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165272678144625943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-60448355279803100032013-12-15T23:41:26.805+00:002013-12-15T23:41:26.805+00:00I have said similar things in the past.
These day...I have said similar things in the past.<br /><br />These days I build all new servers with paired drives in RAID1 mirrors (yay Linux, FreeBSD can do it too of course, Windows can't because they want you to pay through the nose) <i>and</i> take backups of key data.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-15760398536046606712013-12-15T22:11:08.394+00:002013-12-15T22:11:08.394+00:00Glad it worked out for you
IanGlad it worked out for you<br /><br />IanIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113835961977211021noreply@blogger.com