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Interesting overview, some have to look into. But nobody/nothing mentions the option of the application handling the data you want to backup, to perform the bac
by digital-rubber 12y ago
Interesting overview, some have to look into. But nobody/nothing mentions the option of the application handling the data you want to backup, to perform the backups.
Imho it's ideal to have the application handling the data also create the backups. And then transport them to remote locations via any means viable or any of the in the article mentioned backup systems again. Though having the application back things up vs backup software, i tend to think there is less tuning required, less chance on external locks etc etc.
- drKarl 12y agoThat is assuming there is a single source of data in need of backup and that the data is generated/handled by an application. Data could be from many different sources and formats: databases, images, video, audio, pdf, text...
- digital-rubber 12y agoThat is true. I did assume :) But the same applies to that. These 'other data formats' from other sources too, could also be replicated from the software handling them, assuming again! :o) edit Speaking from a perspective where i have seen many parties that went wrong with their '3rd party backup application', i tend to try to replicate most from the application themselves to other (safe) locations, then to rely on a 3rd party app which got setup in 2005, but in the meantime received little attention. Hence i prefer to look at the application generating/receiving/handling the data.