WW_Watcher - 2:40 pm on Dec 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

Hey Webdoctor

If “backups may not be a priority”, then whoever had that, must have considered it not worth recovering if it was lost. I kinda agree with that statement with the ODP, if it made me nothing, and cost me, and everyone considered it not a priority, then why bother.

“should have never happened”, If we do not learn from the past, we are doomed to repeat it. Many of us have seen disasters, and prepared so that it did not happen to our environments.

I never said there was a zero chance, I said there was no storm, or perfect storm. We restored stuff daily; Users delete stuff, lose stuff, change stuff & then regret it. Hardware fails, database corruption, This is ALL common occurances, and happen daily around the world, and for those who have prepared, no big deal. I documented & trained people to follow procedures, with different procedures for backups & restores for different applications. It was not flawless, but my clients were not exposed to massive data loss, or down time. (Would it be acceptable if your hospital lost your records & you got the wrong meds, Would it be acceptable if the airlines lost their routes & passengers, Would it be acceptable if a phone company lost all of it’s customers in a data loss? I say no, and most of these businesses have prepared, so that it is not a concern.

I was not privy to the internal problems of WW, I was not aware that he had a problem that he had to use a backup to recover from. The question should be, did Brett learn from this experience, and is he getting good backups now? Is he better prepared now, so that it does not occur again? If not, he is also just biding his time until the next disaster. Brett, please do not let this happen, I would miss WW, unlike the ODP, which I really do not care if it returns or not.

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WW_Watcher