Backups

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A description of how to backup and restore your Apple Macintosh system to the Physics Time Machine server

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Categories: Apple | Backups | Mac | Time Machine

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Backing up experimental data.

While the data stored on the experimental data storage servers is backed up on a regular basis it's recommended that all experimental data is also backed up elsewhere: how that's done will depend on the amount of data involved.

Categories: Backups | DAQ

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Details about the back-up policy within Theoretical physics

What is back-up for?

It may seem obvious, but back-up is of critical importance to data security. From a simple mechanical defect in drive hardware, to a fire that burns down the entire Physics department, the range of possibilities for data loss is great. And without back-up, the cause is irrelevant because the result is the same: catastrophic and total loss of all of your data (and possibly your career).

Simply, back-up is a way of reducing the probability that an unlikely event will wipe out your data. It is about disaster mitigation.

Categories: Backups | Theory