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Networkguy Trusted SF Member
Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 16777215 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:42 pm Post subject: Admins worst nightmare |
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Just came across this.
Ouch
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CHeeKY Just Arrived
Joined: 13 Feb 2003 Posts: 3
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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2 words
Offline backup.
hehehehe
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ShaolinTiger Forum Fanatic
Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 16777215 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Ohh man that's harsh.
Look at all the books that got burnt
P.S. Surely you mean Offsite backup?
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Giro New Member
Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 22 Location: England
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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Seems strange the servers only got tosted the room behind look new.
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Mongrel SF Mod
Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 8
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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that's a big ooops!! Somebody gets an unrequested vacation out of that.
As mentioned earlier - offline backup -
or even better yet - CoLocation.
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EricTheBald Just Arrived
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 3
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Worst nightmare?
Looks to me like an excuse to go on a shopping spree with the insurance check!
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ThePsyko SF Mod
Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 16777178 Location: California
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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I recently had to deal with an insurance company after one of my client sites was broken into and two PCs were stolen (cops spent 2/3 of a day there and couldn't figure out how they got in, I got there and figured it out in under 5 minutes - had them call the cop back so I could show him lol.. sometimes being an ex-bad guy has its benefits lol). Anyway, the client submitted my cost for rebuilding the two systems and restoring the data to the insurance co for reimbursement. A few days later I got a call from the insurance company asking why it took longer than average to get things back up and running, (but as soon as I mentioned it was an NT network they gave in lol) Apparently their idea of "getting back up and running" is to take a new system out of the box, click a few buttons and then install programs and restore from backup...period... I told them I *refuse* to put an out-of-the-box system on the network and typically spend at least 2-3 hours locking it down for security reasons... at first they didn't want to pay for that but eventually gave in and reimbursed my entire bill
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Posideon Just Arrived
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 1 Location: UK Baby!!!
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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the word numpty springs to mind for whoever was doing there backups
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PhiBer SF Mod
Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posts: 20 Location: Your MBR
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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OUUUUUCHHH!!!!!! What are the chances of that guy having his data [looks like terabytes of it] backed up offsite!!? I'd say slim...
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ThePsyko SF Mod
Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 16777178 Location: California
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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PhiBerOptiCx wrote: |
OUUUUUCHHH!!!!!! What are the chances of that guy having his data [looks like terabytes of it] backed up offsite!!? |
Depends on the size of the company in my experience - if it's a larger company, chances are pretty good. However, less than half of the smaller companies I've run across (i.e. < 100 employees) utilize proper offsite backups.
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squidly Trusted SF Member
Joined: 07 Oct 2002 Posts: 16777215 Location: Umm.. I dont know.. somewhere
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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ThePsyko wrote: |
PhiBerOptiCx wrote: |
OUUUUUCHHH!!!!!! What are the chances of that guy having his data [looks like terabytes of it] backed up offsite!!? |
Depends on the size of the company in my experience - if it's a larger company, chances are pretty good. However, less than half of the smaller companies I've run across (i.e. < 100 employees) utilize proper offsite backups. |
Also depends on the laws too. Even a small bank has to keep the data for a very very long time.
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