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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:42 pm    Post subject: Admins worst nightmare Reply with quote

Just came across this.

Ouch

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Offline backup.


hehehehe
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ohh man that's harsh.

Look at all the books that got burnt Sad

P.S. Surely you mean Offsite backup?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seems strange the servers only got tosted the room behind look new.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 3:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Worst nightmare?

Looks to me like an excuse to go on a shopping spree with the insurance check! Mr. Green Mr. Green
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the word numpty springs to mind for whoever was doing there backups
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 11:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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