[ILUG] backup options...

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Philip Reynolds (phil at redbrick.dcu.ie):

> A lot of companies nowadays use another method of backing up, much
> like prayer, called NBA[1]. An NBA is one of the most easiest and
> short-term relaxing ways to do a backup, definately cost effective,
> however there are problems with restoration I'm unaware of.
> 
> Phil.
> 
> [1] Non-existent Backup Scheme

Phil's advice seemed a little radical, so I compromised and just
switched to /dev/null as my backup device.  Throughput has improved
immensely!  The only additional equipment required is peril-sensitive
sunglasses.

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Rick Moen
rick at linuxmafia.com