Backups
Categories: Apple | Backups | Mac | Time Machine
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.
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.