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    Backing up Data on your Unix Desktop Machine

    Judy Richards , IT/DI


    If you have a Unix desktop machine (e.g. Linux PC) you certainly want to make sure that your valuable data is backed-up. This point has been brought up at FOCUS in recent months and it was agreed that for data that should be backed up:

    For reasons of scalability it is not possible to use a general purpose backup product like ADSM to backup private desktop systems. Its use must be limited to servers or other specialized systems.
    About the author(s): Judy has been long-time responsible for the ADSM service. Recently she has been appointed IT's Divisional Planning Officer.


    For matters related to this article please contact the author.
    Cnl.Editor@cern.ch


    CERN-CNL-2000-001
    Vol. XXXV, issue no 1


    Last Updated on Thu Apr 13 20:29:10 GMT+04:30 2000.
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