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- From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard M. Warner)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: Floppy Backup, Re: 32bit Shareware back
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- Date: 22 Jul 92 00:01:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul21.141820.24239@relay.nswc.navy.mil> whiles@nswc.navy.mil (William Scott Hiles x1568) writes:
- >From: whiles@nswc.navy.mil (William Scott Hiles x1568)
- >Subject: Re: Floppy Backup, Re: 32bit Shareware back
- >Date: 21 Jul 92 14:18:20 GMT
-
- >In article 711671081@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu, rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard M. Warner) writes:
- >>
- >>>In my opinion you are wrong about backing up to floppies. Many people and
- >>>companies use a backup strategy which allows them to backup to convenient
- >>>(but small) media such as floppies. This strategy is to establish a area
- >>>of the disk which contains the operating system, and area for programs, and
- >>>an area for user stuff. The operating system area and the programs area are
- >>>only backed up when they are modified. The user data area is always backed
- >>>up and in general may not be that large. The benefit of backing up to
- >>>relatively inexpensive floppies which are supported by the os makes such
- >>>a program and process very attractive. At this point in OS/2, we have little
- >>>choice unless we are willing to shell out a lot of money for a tape drive.
- >>>Diskette drivers are standard with OS/2...
- >>
-
- A lot of big name manufacturers are around, and should be for a while.
- With all the new, big OS's, tape drives *will* become more standard.
- (No one will stand backing up a Windows NT or UNIX machine off a
- diskette drive for very long!).
-
- >Additionally, if I have 10 386s which cost about 1500.00 each, I am not about
- >to spend 500.00 per computer to add a tape drive. If I maintain all the systems
- >identically and the only difference is the user area, I have made life a lot simpler
- >with only floppies.
-
- No, if you are smart you get one tape drive and use it for all 10
- machines. Easy if you are on a network, easy if you are not on a
- network (several QIC-40 and 1/4" SCSI drives are around that can plug
- into a parallel port - move it from machine to machine. Works well).
- No matter how you try, differences will creep in. You should have at
- least 1 full backup of each machine; 3-4 in rotation if you are really
- good.
-
-
- >By the way, the backup utility is worth 35.00. I paid over 70.00 for a backup
- >utility from PcTools, so 35.00 makes it extremely attractive regardless of
- >the media which it supports.
-
- >Scott Hiles
- >whiles@relay.nswc.navy.mil
-