Re: Cranky LTO tape drive

But RDi does not backup the OS or PTF's, or licensed programs, it just contains source, and only if you are using i Projects. SVN doesn't change that. If something catastrophic happens like the loss of a couple hard drives because of a major power incident, RDi is not going to help out on the recovery. Yes you could reinstall from the OS DVD, but then you have to reinstall everything manually, and then set you your users and security, and reapply all you configurations manually just to get back to the place you were before so that you can reload your source from RDi. That last bit that RDi can help out with is really just a tiny bit of the recovery from a major incident.

Mark Murphy
Atlas Data Systems
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From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12/28/2016 09:48PM
Subject: Re: Cranky LTO tape drive


That, to me, is the real advantage of RDi. Both your PC and your
iSeries are always current and are the back up for each other. The
likelihood of losing both at the same time are quite remote. But if that
is a concern, add svn to your set-up and you are pretty much guaranteed
instant recovery without the hardware hassles. The bigger plus is that
suddenly you are set up for team development.

in my opinion, the days of tape are, blessedly, gone the way of the
quill pen, the cloth diaper, and the cathode ray tube.


On 12/28/2016 5:10 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:

In a pinch....but if something catastrophic happens I'd like to be
able to restore to the most recent backup, even if it is a year old.
I DO save the system before CUME's and OS version jumps, JUST in case.

I need a drive to save to, even if the data isn't important, being
able to get back on my feet is still important.

Pete Helgren
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