Comments on: Data Backup – how it’s evolved over the years

By: hank

hank — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:47:22 +0000

I’m with s i –

Before you know it, backups won’t even be backups. I remember back to the DOS era when a backup of WordPerfect just meant having enough 5 1/4 floppies…

By: s i

s i — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:30:41 +0000

the way data is moving to online storage it won’t be long before backing up is a thing of the past. just hit undo!

By: Emirhan

Emirhan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:16:36 +0000

In all these almost 60 years, something fundamental has changed : the definition and scope of backup. Back then, they backed up only the most needed data, because they didn’t have too many consumables, and because it was a cumbersome process to attend.

Now we have too much data; it overflows; back it up all, and soon you will run out of your budget. So filtering and prioritisation come first.

As with any aspect of computer science, the history of backup does tell a story of our beliefs, of our conduct codes in society ..

By: mark

mark — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:18:38 +0000

BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!!! Take this from somebody who had to learn it the hard way a FEW times. Ive had hard-drives crash, and disks corrupt. Backup frequently and make two copies!!

By: V

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:38:09 +0000

Well for one thing it would be cooler NOT needing to do backups:)
But it’s really great the process became so much easier over the years.

By: Andrew Flusche

Andrew Flusche — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:00:17 +0000

It really is amazing how far we’ve come with all technology. And backup systems are no exception. Now we can easily have redundant, reliable backups, done remotely, with version history. What’s cooler than that?