how to Back files up
Jan 20, 2024 14:09:09 #
I use Syncback. In one selectable mode it scans the folders you previously selected and updates the files that have changed and leaves the others alone.
Jan 20, 2024 15:04:05 #
Longshadow wrote:
The Registry is the formidable one....
It contains details (inserted upon program installation) about the installed programs.
The Registry is the formidable one....
It contains details (inserted upon program installation) about the installed programs.
Agreed and good point. If you have to have a new computer, you have to install the programs Microsoft's way.
Jan 20, 2024 15:44:20 #
delder
Loc: Maryland
I back up the NEW photos to the target drive. With 2 external drives, you can bicycle them weekly or so.
I NEVER delete! [Except for dud shots]
I NEVER delete! [Except for dud shots]
Jan 20, 2024 15:58:48 #
delder wrote:
I back up the NEW photos to the target drive. With 2 external drives, you can bicycle them weekly or so.
I NEVER delete! [Except for dud shots]
I NEVER delete! [Except for dud shots]
bi-cycle?
Jan 20, 2024 18:43:00 #
delder
Loc: Maryland
Longshadow wrote:
bi-cycle?
Sorry. Bicycle is an old Data Center
/IT term. You rotate backup media so that you have 2 backups, 1 current & 1 a couple of days or a week behind.
Assuming the originals are on your main computer.
Jan 20, 2024 18:53:40 #
delder wrote:
Sorry. Bicycle is an old Data Center
/IT term. You rotate backup media so that you have 2 backups, 1 current & 1 a couple of days or a week behind.
Assuming the originals are on your main computer.
/IT term. You rotate backup media so that you have 2 backups, 1 current & 1 a couple of days or a week behind.
Assuming the originals are on your main computer.
I sort of interpreted it as being analogous to a sneakernet, only a larger distance involved.
Jan 20, 2024 18:58:55 #
delder
Loc: Maryland
DirtFarmer wrote:
I sort of interpreted it as being analogous to a sneakernet, only a larger distance involved.
Was a little bit of walking when it was Tape Reels. Now everything is on your desk.
Jan 21, 2024 12:27:59 #
delder wrote:
Was a little bit of walking when it was Tape Reels. Now everything is on your desk.
Tape is still used in enterprise computing for archive (extremely high capacity and long life), but handled by robots.
Jan 21, 2024 12:38:50 #
TriX wrote:
Tape is still used in enterprise computing for archive (extremely high capacity and long life), but handled by robots.
Robots.....
I remember loading tapes into a DEC tape drive. One test system used the mini reels, but the drive could also accommodate the 2400' reels.
Jan 21, 2024 13:44:20 #
home brewer wrote:
I had problems with a drive with most my photos t... (show quote)
I have a QNAP 9 drive backup system. My files are backed up continually. Ever 24 hours, I do a complete backup so I can restore everything. That file is uploaded to my cloud account. When PC's first came out I used a second computer using Novell.
Jan 21, 2024 14:25:07 #
Longshadow wrote:
Robots.....
I remember loading tapes into a DEC tape drive. One test system used the mini reels, but the drive could also accommodate the 2400' reels.
Robots.....
I remember loading tapes into a DEC tape drive. One test system used the mini reels, but the drive could also accommodate the 2400' reels.
StorageTek tape library and robot. A single LTO 9 cartridge holds 18TB and will read at ~400MB/sec ONCE you get to the portion of the tape you want.
Jan 21, 2024 14:30:37 #
TriX wrote:
StorageTek tape library and robot. A single LTO 9 cartridge holds 18TB and will read at ~400MB/sec ONCE you get to the portion of the tape you want.
WOW!!
Jan 21, 2024 16:17:25 #
I worked for AT&T back during my mainframe days in starting in the mid 1980's. I can't remember what year it was but one of my projects was to install 6 of these units, each with about 5,000 tape's. Our full library was 500,00 tapes. It would allow us to put the top 30k tapes in the vaults. It saved us a lot of labor. We had 100 take readers before this and cut down to 30 eventually along with staff for 30 machines.
Jan 21, 2024 17:12:44 #
I think the '80s was the last time I used those computer tapes.
Jan 21, 2024 17:20:11 #
The photo I posted isn’t that old - maybe 7 years. StorageTek, probably the biggest tape library company, was acquired by Sun, who was subsequently acquired by Oracle. When I retired from Oracle in 2017, they were introducing new LTO9 drives and selling Oracle StorageTek tape libraries. In terms of infrequent access archive storage, it’s still hard to equal the $/TB and longevity proposition of tape, even in the days of 20 TB HDs. Tape is by no means dead just yet.
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