A Wisdom Archive on Backup - Recovery Strategy

Considerations: A backup should be easy to do. A backup should be automated and rely on as little human interaction as possible. Backups should be made regularly. There should be at least two copies of the data, stored on different media, kept at different locations. A backup should rely on standard, well-established formats. A backup should not use compression. Uncompressed data are easier to recover if the backup media are damaged or corrupted. A backup should be able to ...

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Backup in computer engineering refers to the copying of data for the purpose of having an additional copy of an original source. If the original data is damaged or lost, the data may be copied back from that source, a process which is known as Data recovery or Restore. The "data" in question may be either data as such, or stored program code, both of which are treated the same by the backup software. Backups differ from an archive in that the data is nec ... Including:

• Backup - Backup strategies
• Backup - Backup media types
• Backup - Special cases
• Backup - Metrics
• Backup - Different roles of data backups
• Backup - Backup procedures
• Backup - Recovery strategy
• Backup - Validation and Verification

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Data recovery is the process of recovering data from primary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. This can be due to physical damage to the storage device or logical damage to the file system that prevents it from being mounted by the host operating system. Data recovery - Physical damage. A wide variety of failures can cause physical damage to storage media. CD-ROMs can have their metallic substrate or dye layer scratched off; hard disks can suffer any of several mechanical failures, such as ... Including:

• Data recovery - Physical damage
• Data recovery - Logical damage

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Build up The Battle Lack of outside support Capitulation Aftereffects Cultural representations Military participants Notable People Facts and figures The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was an armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation and Nazi rule. It started on August 1, 1944, as a part of a nationwide uprising, Operation Tem ... Including:

• Warsaw Uprising - Eve of the battle
• Warsaw Uprising - Opposing forces
• Warsaw Uprising - The battle
• Warsaw Uprising - Life behind the front lines
• Warsaw Uprising - Lack of outside support
• Warsaw Uprising - The capitulation
• Warsaw Uprising - Destruction of the city
• Warsaw Uprising - Liberation of the ruins
• Warsaw Uprising - The legacy
• Warsaw Uprising - After the war
• Warsaw Uprising - Note

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The San Francisco 49ers have the distinction of being one of the first major-league professional sports franchise on the West Coast, and the first one based in San Francisco -in fact, they are the only "home-grown" San Francisco sports franchise. The 49ers have won five NFL championships -- all Super Bowls. The 49ers have the best record in the Super Bowl with no losses. The 49ers were also the first team to win a record five Super Bowls. -- Super Bowls XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV, and XXIX -- and are considered The Team of the Eighties, wi ...

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Street Fighter series - Street Fighter 1987. Street Fighter made little impact when it was first released in 1987. However, it had a novel control system which involved a joystick and two large hydraulic buttons, where the force of the button press determined the strength of the punch or kick, with three varying strengths of both punches and kicks. Many of these machines, because of players' tendencies to hit the buttons too hard and damage the controls, were retooled to using more traditional buttons, thu ...

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Proper backup procedures require redundancy of the backup to a remote location and an effecitive Backup rotation scheme such as the GFS method (Grandfather-Father-Son Backup). Storing the copy near the original is unwise, since many disasters such as fire, flood and electrical surges are likely to cause damage to the backup at the same time. The 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center presented many organizations with unprecedented disaster recovery scenarios, due to its scope. A few years earlier, during a fire at the headquarters of a major bank in Paris, system administrators ran into the burning building to rescue backup ta ...

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