backups are at regular rates.<br>Restores are at 1.5 rates.<br>Emergency restores are double rate<br>Emergency restores of systems that were known to have insufficient backup and restore processes are at triple rate.<br>Recoveries of lost data from failed hard drives there were supposed to be backed up by the boss/system-owner are quad rate PLUS expenses and I like VERY expensive booze and dinners during recoveries. A case of 40 year single-malt at a minimum.<br>
<br>Restores should be unattended until the very end. Restore to a secondary location and migrate over when it's all complete. Separate the OS backup from the data backup so data can be restored to a new system.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:06 PM, <a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 02/10/2012 12:03 PM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:<br>
> Maybe a timely 36 hour downtime would encourage folks there that they<br>
> need to invest in backup technology. Backups never seem important<br>
> until you NEED to do a restore.<br>
<br>
</div>That's pretty much the way I figure it.<br>
<br>
That said, I work like hell to try to ensure that it doesn't happen. 36<br>
hours of restoration, trying to catch naps where I can, does NOT sound<br>
like a good way to spend 1.5 days.<br>
<br>
But it does sound like a really good invoice. Almost not worth the loss<br>
of sleep, though. So... I work like hell. :)<br>
<div class="im"><br>
--- Mike<br>
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