Can you assume that your computer data will be safe and accessible for as long as you need it to be? How should we store our important computerised data so as to be reasonably sure that it will be available to us for us long as we need it? Is there any electronic format that …
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Backups – 1
Notice the rather ominous “1” in the title. This is a subject that will take more than one blog post. So, today let’s just think about what “backups” mean and what they don’t mean. When I asked Google to define “backup” the first offering was an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; “a traffic …
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