Can you boot from a flash drive? Disadvantages?

On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 13:34:37 +0100, Mike Tomlinson
wrote:

En el artículo , mechanic
escribió:

But can an untested backup be trusted? That's the question.

*ding*

Finally, someone gets it.

Nice try, but everyone got that right from the start. There was never any
disagreement about that, but of course that was never the question, was it.
The question centered around your BS claim that an untested backup was
"worse than useless".

Good luck testing a backup that was never created.

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Char Jackson

En el artículo , Char
Jackson escribió:

Nice try

Yawn.

, but everyone

You appear have an understanding of the word 'everyone' at variance with
the accepted norm.

It is interesting how you choose to attack my choice of words, instead
of focusing the technical content of my post. It speaks volumes about
you.

Little wonder this group has gone downhill.

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On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 04:30:37 +0100, Mike Tomlinson
wrote:

En el artículo , Char
Jackson escribió:

Nice try

Yawn.

, but everyone

You appear have an understanding of the word 'everyone' at variance with
the accepted norm.

It is interesting how you choose to attack my choice of words, instead
of focusing the technical content of my post. It speaks volumes about
you.

I tried to give you an easy out with my first post to this thread, but you
rejected it. Turns out that I was right and you were wrong, but I think we
both knew that, even then. None of the rest of this needed to happen.

Little wonder this group has gone downhill.

True that, when we have people trying to sell the idea that a backup is
worse than no backup.

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Char Jackson

Paul wrote:

I got a good lesson about backups at work. We wrote our own backup
tool. A month later, the main server goes down. And it's time for a
restore using the Brand New Software. And guess what ? Our software
doesn't work. Was it tested ? Grrr... "Oh no, they said, it's too hard
to test." These are the experiences that tell you how much testing you
should be doing... If the developers aren't testing it, then *you*
have to test it.

Yep. You must test whether the backup can be restored, if you depend on
it. If you cannot depend on it, there is no purpose for it.

En el artículo , Mike Tomlinson
escribió:

A "backup" is worse than useless unless it's been successfully tested
with a restore.

Case in point:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09...pp_data_wipe_n
o_backups_year_snafu/

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En el artículo , John Doe
escribió:

Yep. You must test whether the backup can be restored, if you depend on
it. If you cannot depend on it, there is no purpose for it.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09...pp_data_wipe_n
o_backups_year_snafu/

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Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Mike Tomlinson
escribió:

A "backup" is worse than useless unless it's been successfully tested
with a restore.

Case in point:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09...pp_data_wipe_n
o_backups_year_snafu/


In a corporate setting, "having people who care" is just
as important as the technical issues.

Paul

En el artículo , Paul
escribió:

In a corporate setting, "having people who care" is just
as important as the technical issues.

Absolutely.

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On Sat, 3 Sep 2016 11:02:41 +0100, Mike Tomlinson
wrote:

En el artículo , Mike Tomlinson
escribió:

A "backup" is worse than useless unless it's been successfully tested
with a restore.

Case in point:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09...pp_data_wipe_n
o_backups_year_snafu/

I have submitted this to the RISKS List.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

En el artículo , Gene
Wirchenko escribió:

I have submitted this to the RISKS List.

Thank you. Maybe it's time for me to resubscribe!

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On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 04:18:30 +0100, Mike Tomlinson
wrote:

En el artículo , Gene
Wirchenko escribió:

I have submitted this to the RISKS List.

Thank you. Maybe it's time for me to resubscribe!

I have enjoyed it. I submit a lot of content from various
industry media. In one issue a few years back, I had one-half of the
submissions. Other people post in their areas of knowledge, and there
can be very interesting reading.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko