Backing up » History » Version 3
Steve Welburn, 2012-09-04 01:37 PM
| 1 | 1 | Steve Welburn | h1. Backing up |
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| 3 | 1 | Steve Welburn | h2. Why back up your data ? |
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| 5 | 1 | Steve Welburn | * Hard disks die |
| 6 | 1 | Steve Welburn | * Portable devices can be lost or broken |
| 7 | 1 | Steve Welburn | * Disasters happen |
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| 9 | 1 | Steve Welburn | h2. How to back up data |
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| 11 | 1 | Steve Welburn | The core principle is that backup copies of data should be stored in a different location to the main copy. |
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| 13 | 1 | Steve Welburn | If you delete your local copy of the data then the primary copy will be the original backup... is that copy backed up anywhere ? |
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| 15 | 1 | Steve Welburn | Suitable locations for backups are: |
| 16 | 1 | Steve Welburn | * A firesafe |
| 17 | 1 | Steve Welburn | * A network copy |
| 18 | 1 | Steve Welburn | ** An network drive e.g. provided by the institution |
| 19 | 1 | Steve Welburn | ** Internet storage (in the cloud) |
| 20 | 1 | Steve Welburn | ** A data repository - this could be a public thematic / institutional repository for publishing completed research datasets, or an internal repository for archiving datasets during research |
| 21 | 2 | Steve Welburn | * A portable device / portable media which you keep somewhere other than under your desk |
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| 23 | 3 | Steve Welburn | The best backup is the one you do! |
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| 25 | 3 | Steve Welburn | Backing up on external devices means that you need access to the device... network drives and "internal" backups are usually more available. e.g. backup every time you're in the office / lab or at home. |