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Re: backup



On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:24:21 -0400
Tom Holroyd <tomh kurage nimh nih gov> wrote:

> Show of hands: compress backups? Or 1:1 copy.

1:1 - and test them.

Two reasons 

- Most large data files (ogg etc) don't compress
- If I have to go to backup I want to maximise the probability of success

Alan


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