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Re: Backup Question

From	nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Backup Question
Date	2015-03-25 23:07 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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References	<250320151703564234%otto@bogus.address.com> <250320152113005572%star@sky.net> <250320151915588321%otto@bogus.address.com>

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In article <250320151915588321%otto@bogus.address.com>, Otto Pylot
<otto@bogus.address.com> wrote:

> > > Advantages/disadvantages of both and can you have both on the same
> > > physical drive and still be able to use both without messing up either
> > > one?
> > 
> > The great advantage of CCC/SD is that you have a workable clone of your
> > HD. If the HD should fail you can clone the backup to your new HD in a
> > couple of hours while you go off and work on one of your five other
> > Macs. If you are relying on TimeMachine you have only your files backed
> > up. In the event of a HD failure you must reinstall all of your
> > software, re-do all of your settings/preferences, and then bring back
> > your files. That would be at least two days of hands-on work for one of
> > my Macs.

actually restoring from time machine is just a reinstall and migration,
which should take a few hours. all the apps and whatever else get
restored (unless specifically excluded).

the advantage of a clone is you can boot off the clone and be in
business in *no* time.

they address different types of failures. both are good.

> > You could have a TM backup and a CCC/SD clone on the same backup drive
> > providing the drive had sufficient capacity and providing that each
> > scheme had its own partition.
> 
> Thanks. That's what I thought and that's what I was hoping.

however, you really don't want both on the same drive since if that
drive fails, you lose *both* backups.

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Backup Question Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2015-03-25 17:03 -0700
  Re: Backup Question Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-03-25 21:13 -0400
    Re: Backup Question Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2015-03-25 19:15 -0700
      Re: Backup Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-25 23:07 -0400
    Re: Backup Question M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-03-26 00:07 -0400
      Re: Backup Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-26 00:10 -0400
    Re: Backup Question me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-26 14:02 +0000
      Re: Backup Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-26 14:28 +0000
        Re: Backup Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-26 11:02 -0400
          Re: Backup Question Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-26 11:11 -0400
          Re: Backup Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-26 15:37 +0000
            Re: Backup Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-26 11:57 -0400
              Re: Backup Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-26 17:01 +0000
                Re: Backup Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-26 13:32 -0400
                Re: Backup Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-26 17:47 +0000
    Re: Backup Question Ed Anson <EdAnson@comcast.net> - 2015-03-26 18:14 -0400
      Re: Backup Question Király <ggrandish@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 15:57 -0700
        Re: Backup Question Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2015-03-27 17:16 -0700
          Re: Backup Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 01:51 +0000
            Re: Backup Question Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2015-03-27 20:23 -0700
    Re: Backup Question Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-28 01:40 +0000
  Re: Backup Question Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-26 04:03 +0000
    Re: Backup Question Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2015-03-25 21:12 -0700
  Re: Backup Question billy@MIX.COM - 2015-03-26 17:01 +0000

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