Backup Woes
August 6th, 2008
Here I am again ranting about data integrity. For years, I have been criticizing all kinds of data protection systems. I’m referring to backups, not security. I can’t really trust any kind of RAID system. My site is a perfect example of it. Yes the backup is nearly instantaneous, but if both the running disk and the backup disk go down, the system won’t be able to recover the very latest data. The problem with my site is that my host never tells me they used my backup to recover my data. If the data recovered is the last memory bank entry, ten I don’t need a heads up, but if it’s a day old, then they should inform me. That way, I know which part of my data is lost. I also run a separate backup daily for this kind of situation, but it’s useless because I don’t know where the gap is.
Well, on a happy note, I received my LinkStation yesterday and I’m running RAID1 on it. It’ll help me criticize the technology more hehe.
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