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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive click of death?
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2015 16:54:59
Message-Id: CAGfcS_mSM5A44j1T=aQyvANWKU5+zvAxb0miE+T6C=DGW7oOAg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive click of death? by Daniel Frey
1 On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > I have lost hard drives before and learned my lesson. My data is in
4 > three different places, one being offline.
5 >
6
7 ++
8
9 All drives fail, and sooner or later all fingers fumble. They may or
10 may not provide warning before it happens.
11
12 Don't backup periodically. Test your backups periodically. The
13 backups themselves should be automatic, very frequent, and at least
14 reasonably distant.
15
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17 Rich