[cpx] Remember when restoring from backups...

[Art Zemon <art@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jones wrote:
> About getback - when you run getback on a file, you are given 4 
> versions, one from the previous day and three from 7, 14 and 21 days 
> ago. The previous day version is "Online" and is free. The other 
> versions are on tape and a fee is required to get them. 

I'll risk stating the obvious because I'm afraid people will miss it and 
that can be a very costly mistake.

The thing to remember about the online $free backup is that it is 
overwritten with a new backup every night. If you trash a file and need 
it restored at 5:00pm, DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING TO GET IT 
RESTORED. Do it right away or your free backup won't contain anything 
useful.

For instance: If you trash a file at 5:00pm on Thursday and immediately 
restore it from the online backup, you get Wednesday's (good) file. But 
if you wait until Friday morning to do the restore, you get Thursday's 
(bad) file.

The last time I checked, the fee for restoring from tape was $100 so 
forgetting this can be expensive.

And if I can toot my own horn a tiny bit... we have an automated backup 
solution which will give you 30 days of backups of your entire VPS or 
MPS (or Signature account). See 
http://www.hens-teeth.net/html/products/nest_egg_backup.php

Cheers,
   -- Art Z.

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Art Zemon, President
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Phone: (866)HENS-NET or (636)447-3030 ext. 200
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