[Babase] Re: Babase tables in user folders

Catherine Markham amarkham at princeton.edu
Mon Oct 13 09:30:24 EDT 2008


Hi everyone,

Thanks for the comments - the confirmation that data in the user folders 
won't "disappear" and that files get backed up periodically is terrific.

Catherine


Susan Alberts wrote:
>>>
>>> Hunter told me years ago that we had 72 days of
>>> daily backups.  We might want to query Hunter's replacement
>>> to see if anything has since changed.
>> Hunter's replacement has not been selected yet, so it is unclear what is
>> happening with the server right now, and the computer team sent an e-mail
>> stating that until someone is hired, all unix-like projects are on 
>> hold. I
>> don't know what this means for daily maintenance tasks, etc.
>>>
>>>
> 
> 
> I am quite sure that this (the 72 days of backup) has not changed, as 
> the users would have been informed. I think that having unix-like 
> projects on hold means that nothing new will happen, not that any of the 
> automatic maintenance and back up tasks are not happening.
> 
> Susan
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