Posted by Steve on Tue 28 Sep 2004 at 13:26
When you're working against a deadline chances are this is the time diasaster will strike.
Either hardware error, or user error, will cause you to delete the files you're working on. Just when you can cope with this less.
It's at times like this you'll wish you had backup.
There are several types of backups:
Local backups are usually on the same machine as your primary files. These will be useful if you accidently delete files you need, but if your house explodes they'll be useless.
Remote backups are copies of your files stored on a different system, ideally one at a different physical location.
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