We use a Zip drive and backup to a different Zip disk each day of the week
PLUS have another that we backup to and take home weekly. (that's 6
different backups) This way if there's a problem and one or 2 Zip disks are
corrupt, there's still a chance that one of the others will have what we
need minus the transactions of one or 2 days.
Some people add additional ones monthly.
We also have a backup file server that until it's needed as such, doubles
as a workstation. This way, if the server goes down, not only did I not
lose all my data, but I can immediately have something up and running to
continue library services until the main server can be repaired.
You could also have a second drive in your server that automatically
duplicates everything that is happening on the server so that in case of a
crash, you could just switch the cables and be up and running without
losing anything.
Linda Strauss, Librarian lstraus1@optonline.net
Tottenville H.S. Library
100 Luten Ave, Staten Island, NY 10312
(718) 356-2220 ext 2054
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
listening ear, an honest compliment on the smallest amount of caring - all
of which have the potential to turn a life
around
--Leo Buscaglia
At 09:05 AM 3/3/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello Lynn,
>
>You are living my nightmare. I have nothing helpful to say now that the
>horses are out of the barn, but this seems like a good opportunity to
>discuss backup practices.
>
>A harrowing experience a couple of years ago involving our tech people and
>the server (they said it was backing up daily and I found out it had not
>made a useable backup for a year!) forced me to make redundant backups. I
>bought another hard drive for my workstation and now I do a daily backup to
>the server and my extra hard drive. Every couple of weeks I take a copy of
>a backup home and burn it on a CD. I hope that is sufficient, but I'm eager
>to hear what others are doing.
>
>Regards,
>Robert
>
>
>Robert Hiebert
>Librarian, Golden Secondary School, BC, Canada
>www.gsslibrary.net
>Fax: 250 344 7116
>library@gsslibrary.net
>
>
>
> Lynn Autry
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> Lynn Autry
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>Has anyone ever lost their entire library data? Today our server died and
>according to the district technology people, the backup tape was corrupt.
>It appears not only that we have lost the entire Follett library program
>and data but our school's email and other programs on the server as well.
>This wasn't Friday the 13th was it? Anyway, tomorrow I will know exactly
>how bad everything is. I am being told though that it's BAD! My question
>is, has anyone ever experienced this before and if so, what plan of action
>do you suggest. There is no other backup. There are no shelf list cards.
>Everything was on the server. Our immediate plan is to limit checkout (we
>don't even know what books we have checked out now) and to use check-out
>cards. Fortunately there are some of those still around. It is going to be
>a mess. Any suggestions?
>
>Lynn Autry
>Central Hardin High School
>Cecilia, Kentucky 42724
>270.737.6800
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