Tim,=20
What is this data worth to the company? Would they feel it is a loss if
they were to lose the entire database of information? What about being
able to re-enter the data should it get lost? What would the cost of
that be in the wages for all the temps they'd need to reenter this
information?=20
Worst case scenario is that you lose everything. Best case scenario -
well, without a backup, what would that be? You still have no data.
You've lost something, and the integrity of the data is completely in
question - is this piece of information correct or has the data
corruption we experienced last week changed this value? Can your company
afford that?=20
Now, let's see... A tape backup, tapes and the software to perform the
backups. What could that cost, a few hundred dollars, perhaps a bit
more? Yes, the ongoing cost of buying new tapes when the old one's are
past their prime, but it's far, far less money than the inevitibility
that some problem will cause a loss of data.=20
Oh, and here's one more: yes, you have a UPS. You have redundancy in
your data stores (perhaps through RAID). But what if somebody
accidentally or maliciously changes the data you've go online? How will
you go about restoring the old data? What will that cost the company as
the old data is recreated manually, instead of a 15 minute restore
operation?=20
Just from the top of my head... I can't believe the management of some
company's are soooo short-sighted when it comes to their data.=20
-Chuck Urwiler, MCSD, MCDBA
http://www.eps-software.com
-----Original Message-----
From: profox-bounces (AT) leafe .DOT com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On
Behalf Of Timothy Grahl
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:10 PM
To: ProFox (AT) leafe .DOT com
Subject: Why backup?
Our tape drive that we used to backup up with got fried about a month
ago, and I do not think I have been able to convince my boss how
important and dire this is. Our company's entire foundation is built on
our name and sales databases. Could I get some responses on why it is
important to backup, and hear some horror stories of not backing up?
Thanks!
Timothy Grahl
Network and Database Administrator
AACC
(434) 525-9470 x248
TimG@aacc.net
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