OT - backup supplements

[Leefp1 at aol.com]

Just curious...

Do others find that the need for a backup is rarely the result of hardware 
failure, but rather user error or misunderstanding and/or (dare I say it) 
programmer failure?  

My observation is that by far the majority of the time I have needed to 
restore something from a backup it was because the user irretrievably messed 
something up; or I programmed badly and therefore inadvertently allowed a bad, 
unintended consequence to result.

Further, would you not agree that restoring from backup media is tedious and 
sometimes frustrating, especially when you don't have control of the media, 
having left that to the user?

So... I have for some time now been adding another phase to my backup 
routines, namely copying filepro key files and other data files to other names in 
other directories on the hard drive.  This allows me a quick and easy way to 
restore data without going to a site and without requiring the user to find the 
correct backup media.  This has worked so well, I am thinking of adding to the 
plan so that multiple versions of the data exist, e.g. multiple sets of the 
data just as there are multiple sets of backup media.  

For those of you with huge data files this strategy might not be viable.  But 
my largest key file is only about 200 mb, so for me it is doable.  With the 
cost of hard drive space low, and CPU speed high, I am thinking this plan is 
good.

Any comments?

-Lee
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Lee B. Walker
Walker & Company
5307 Front Royal Drive
Cross Lanes, WV 25313
304-419-0013
leefp1 at aol.com
www.walkeronline.com
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