Subj : talking to myself
To   : Russell Tiedt
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Wed Feb 23 2005 08:26 am

Hey Russell!

Feb 23 12:32 05, Russell Tiedt wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 RT> My cd-rom backups are about 18 months old at best ....

I gave up on burning CDs about that long ago.  I am currently using flash media 
for backups.  Faster and more reliable over the long haul then CDs are.  The 
only problem is cost but then that helps explain why I am conservative when it 
comes to backed up data.  Just stuff that would be impossible or extremely 
difficult to replace.

 RT> Unfortunate, no matter how simple, there will always be one who lacks 
 RT> understanding, or was in dire need of a strong cup of coffee when 
 RT> they setup a 
 RT> system, andskip something ....

I am sure we're all guilty of that.  I know I slip up and freely admit it.  
However that is usually how I learn and hopefully don't repeat that same 
mistake again, whatever the mistake or misconfiguration was.  Thus backing up 
important configurations is usually a high priority item here.  I am sure all 
those old CDs have more then enough of those on them.  I haven't needed any of 
them lately and they currently are sitting in a box but looking around I can 
spy two compactflash disks within arm's reach and feel a usb flashdisk in my 
pants pocket as we speak.  I know what is on them, and I am betting they will 
see action for a little while yet.

Life is good,
Maurice

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