Linux Journal: The Skinny on Backups and Data Recovery, Part 1 | Linux Today

Linux Journal: The Skinny on Backups and Data Recovery, Part 1

Written By
MG
Marcel Gagné
Mar 4, 2000

“In the next few columns, I want to discuss backup
strategies, tools, and ways to make the whole process a bit less
unpleasant.”

“You can get pretty much anyone you ask to agree that backups
are a good idea. You can also pretty much guarantee that no one
does their backups as often as they should.”

“For a lot of people dealing with simple systems, the data that
is our accounts, word processing documents, e-mails, is the only
truly important part.”

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MG

Marcel Gagné

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