Re: backup takes too long

In article <5mtq21$een@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, From billy@west.co.za ("Billy Wheeler"), the following was written: >> On 31 May 97 at 17:51, Curtis Preston wrote: > >> Well, Billy, I'm just trying to help, so I'm not sure why you chose >> to immediately flame me. I am well aware that there are a number of > > ? I make a chirp and you think it's a flame? All I was trying to say > that people who have some idea of what they're doing might try to > extend the product into its instabilities. All I said was that I had > the software work fine, but I was using base level functionality. I > appreciate you're stressed out, but don't take it out on me. OK, <smile -- see me smile?> maybe not a flame. I feel so much better now. My problem is that backups are near and dear to my heart, and when I see someone doing something that would keep me awake at night, I feel I have to warn them. I've had some near disasters, and I don't want anybody else to have to go through them. I'm just trying to help out and say. "If you can use ontape -- use it. If you can't I think you should be using onbar. Do everything you can to avoid Onarchive. I've heard too many stories, and its life is short." So, when I read your message, it seemed like you were just making fun of something I consider to be a very serious subject. Bad backups are no laughing matter, especially when they're yours. > >> I AM indeed .. Extraneous boasting from an SA on the defensive deleted ... >> The only time in that four year career that something I setup potentially caused data loss was Onarchive. > I'm impressed by your credentials (aren't we all?), but I think it's ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > completely irrelevant. People with vastly inferior credentials have > also posted hassles with OnArchive. <OK, I'm still smiling, cause re-reading my comments, they did seem a little much!> I wasn't bragging, I was trying to make a point that you didn't seem to get the first time. Apparently I didn't get yours either, so we're even. ;) I was just trying to say that I know what the (*^*&*% I'm doing, and I couldn't make that darn thing work. Maybe it got better. MAN, I hope so, but here I am, a person who spends his whole life eating/sleeping/whatever backups, and I couldn't make that product sing. I THOUGHT I did, until I tried to recover. >> If you want to keep driving the pinto, just because it hasn't blown >> up on YOU yet, that's fine with me. > > Thanks, I'll stick to my BMW. I use SE and tar in-house... :-) > > Meantime, Curtis, try switching to decaf. OK, now you hit it right on the head. I went off coffee for about two weeks by just coincidence and happenstance. One night, my wife brings home grounds. I said, hmm, I think I'll make a cup. I was up til 4AM! (And writing messages that blabbed on forever.) "I love you man..." But when you're talking about backups, you're in my back yard. Don't be surprised if I get a little edgy on such a touchy subject. Can we hug now?