nevai@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Paul Nevai) (08/12/90)
Well, I have a harddisk in the cube but would like to keep a cartridge in it permanently to make (automated) backups. My cube is running day and night with no problems. Question: is it OK to have an optical disk up and running 24 hours a day? If answer is yes, that would let me do cronned backups without ever worrying. Thanks for your contributions to this burning (i.e. spinning) issue! Paul Nevai nevai@mps.ohio-state.edu (Internet) Department of Mathematics nevai@ohstpy (BITNET) The Ohio State University 1-(614)-292-5310.office@ans.machine 231 West Eighteenth Avenue 1-(614)-292-4975.department Columbus, OH 43210-1174 1-(614)-292-3317.secretary The United States of America 1-(614)-459-5615.fax -- Paul Nevai nevai@mps.ohio-state.edu (Internet) Department of Mathematics nevai@ohstpy (BITNET)
john@csrnxt1.ae.utexas.edu (John R. Schutz) (08/13/90)
nevai@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Paul Nevai) writes: >Well, I have a harddisk in the cube but would like to keep a cartridge in it >permanently to make (automated) backups. My cube is running day and night >with no problems. >Question: is it OK to have an optical disk up and running 24 hours a day? There is a dust problem with the NeXT's optical drive.. You can get dust filters from NeXTessories (at MIT) which will cut down on the dust intake. Besides that possibility, I cannot think of anything that should be a problem. the NeXTessories address is: NeXTessories MIT Branch P.O. Box 128 Cambridge, MA 02139 If you want information through e-mail, contact: dnp@bourbaki.mit.edu john -- | John R. Schutz | Internet&NeXTmail: john@csrnxt1.ae.utexas.edu | | Center for Space Research | Standard Disclaimer | "I'm mentally | | Programmer (NeXT) | unstable, cracked, and clinically insane. | | Etc. | Besides that, I'm perfectly normal." -me |
simsong@athena.mit.edu (Simson L. Garfinkel) (08/13/90)
In article <1990Aug12.142145.7467@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> nevai@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Paul Nevai) writes: >Well, I have a harddisk in the cube but would like to keep a cartridge in it >permanently to make (automated) backups. My cube is running day and night >with no problems. > >Question: is it OK to have an optical disk up and running 24 hours a day? > >If answer is yes, that would let me do cronned backups without ever worrying. > I strongly recommend against leaving your backup cartridge inside your cube. What if your cube gets stolen? What if your cube has a fire? What if your building has a fire, for that matter. What if there is an earthquake, and a girder falls on your cube? What if your evil twin brother comes into your office, bent on destroying all of your files? There are a lot of good reasons to make a backup beyond "operator error" and "hardware failure." Most of those reasons require that you take the backups to another physical location.
dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) (08/13/90)
In article <1990Aug13.062107.28413@athena.mit.edu> simsong@athena.mit.edu (Simson L. Garfinkel) writes: >I strongly recommend against leaving your backup cartridge inside your cube. >There are a lot of good reasons to make a backup beyond "operator error" >and "hardware failure." Most of those reasons require that you take >the backups to another physical location. Backups have to be convenient; otherwise they don't get done. Leaving ONE OF your backup od's in is a great way to make them convenient. Take the OTHER somewhere else, and swap the two weekly, and you have almost the best of both worlds. -- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu UUCP: {convex,uunet}!uiucuxc!dorner