backups are the bomb!

Backups are the BOMB!

Jochen Wolters @jochenWolters

got backup?

17 Sep. 2012 2:40 pm

“… WW II bomb … backyard … store … will call you back!”

— Mom

½ h – 144 h

100 %

all files backed up

17 Sep. 2012 11:06 pm

boom.

Photo by Thomas Sartingen. Used with kind permission.

Photo by Thomas Sartingen. Used with kind permission.Photo by Thomas Sartingen. Used with kind permission.

Photo by Thomas Sartingen. Used with kind permission.

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Kids and Pets

TheftCatastrophe

System Failure PEBMAC

Loss

one fine day, you will lose data

let’s talk about backups

All of my files are …

… regularly copied to …

… reliable storage.

forgot the balance sheets

every once in a while

old drive will die in a week

All of my files are …

… regularly copied to …

… reliable storage.

all “backups” arenot created equal

A RealBackupA Backup

A RealBackupA Real Backup

A Real Backup is an…

automatically managed set of redundant copies of your complete data stored in multiple, off-site locations.

:

completeoff-site

automaticredundant

A Real Backup is

A Real Backup is

completeoff-site

automaticredundant

:

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manual copying

automatic • redundant • complete • off-site

let the software do the work

single copy

automatic • redundant • complete • off-site

make multiple copies

hand-picked

automatic • redundant • complete • off-site

back up everything

single location

automatic • redundant • complete • off-site

Home

$

Bank Office

Online

Home

store data in off-site locations

&

&&

!real

got backup?

File ArchiveDisk Clone vs.

File ArchiveDisk Clone

“mirrors” entire disk copies individual files

overwriteschanged files

stores additional copiesof changed files

containsone snapshotof each file

containsmultiple versionsof each file

File ArchiveDisk Clone &

single snapshot multiple versions of entire disk of each file

overwrites file history retains file history instant access delayed access fast(er) full restore slow(er) full restore bootable not bootable back to work in minutes complete restore may take hours

…make great companions.

File ArchiveDisk Clone

literally everything all user files hard disk hard disk, server, cloud multi-I/O strongly advised multi-I/O nice-to-have check partitioning for boot support partitioning scheme irrelevant

cable cable, (w-)lan, internet ≥ 1 × source capacity ≥ 2½ × source capacity ideally 1½ × source capacity ideally unlimited

very fast slow(ish) over network use disk seeding for initial backup

File ArchiveDisk Clone

Shirt Pocket “SuperDuper!”

File ArchiveDisk Clone

Shirt Pocket “SuperDuper!”

File ArchiveDisk Clone

Code42 “CrashPlan”

File ArchiveDisk Clone

Code42 “CrashPlan”

File ArchiveDisk Clone

Code42 “CrashPlan”

planned:automatic clone and file archive

automaticfile archive

manual clone on portable HD

manual clone on desktop HD

stored in bank vault (one of two)

stored with laptop

Jochen’s backup setup

pick a strategy for yourself

how valuable is your data? is your data “recreatable?” how much downtime can you afford?

oh, and one more thing…

test your backups!test

Disk Clones → boot computer from clone launch some applications open some files

File Archives → restore some files & apps launch restored apps

open restored files

test your backups!

¹ to new locations —do not overwrite the originals!

¹

now go forth and back up your stuff!

understand the fundamentals choose a strategy and implement it keep an eye on your backup system rotate media off-site test your backups

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Backups are the BOMB!

Jochen Wolters @jochenWolters

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