Subj : talking to myself
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Russell Tiedt
Date : Wed Mar 02 2005 07:33 pm

Hello Maurice.

23 Feb 05 08:26, you wrote to me:

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

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

Well CD-ROM is currently my only option ...

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

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

You are more fortunate than myself ....

Russell

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