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DataBackup

Here at Software Bazaar, we have a few projects related to data backup:

While “data backup” is not the primary purpose of the distributed wiki, it looks like it will handle most of the desirable features of a backup system:

"Data Recovery - 9 Things to Look for when Considering Data Backup Solutions":

1. Is it automatic? 2. Is it simple to use? 3. Is it secure? Your data must be off-site. 4. Is it confidential? (not necessary for a public wiki) 5. Is the data compressed? (not necessary until the data grows beyond a megabyte; ErasureCode as well as standard data compression both can reduce the amount of disk space used.) 6. Is the system informative? 7. Is the system flexible? capable of backing up any file size or type. (is this relevant to a public wiki?) 8. Is it versatile? make sure that it has both automatic and manual back facility. You want … set and forget, but you also want the, “back up my data now” feature so that you have the benefit of not having to worry through the time between finishing your thesis or proposal and knowing it is really secure. 9. Is it backed up more than once? Don’t rely on a system that only has one copy. Make sure that it has several copies stored on at least 2, preferably 3, off-site computers.

Various perspectives on the 2006 Alaska Department of Revenue incident:

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