Backing up data

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backup method

Local hard drive
33
42%
Shared network drive
41
52%
Cloud service
4
5%
I don't back it up
1
1%
 
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It's all a bit academic really. I have been backing up databases for around 13 years. I can still access any of that data and it still works. Store it in two to three places and leave it alone until you need it. Store it onsite and offsite in case your office burns down. Store it in whatever format floats your boat - the chances of needing anything older than 3 years are slim.

Jared - SSD being used for Random Access Memory...? never heard of that before. Do you mean swap space on the drive?

keeping clients databases on your desktop is a little amateur... but if it's one or two working projects then fine I guess.
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"Store it in whatever format floats your boat - the chances of needing anything older than 3 years are slim. "

Yes Matt you are right (as usual :D ), but I think (especially in our building environment) back up data will be more important. More and more building constructions companies are using scan data for update their as-built models (ME, Structural). And after a few years, when you need some services update, scan data should be, together with BIM model good source for information. In our company we use scan data (services before ceiling is installed) mostly for check-in and update BIM model produced by ME, structural....contractors. So to have everything back-up would be crucial in some cases... ;)

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I have tried being wrong on occasion and it just doesn't feel right for me :lol:

Yes, backup is useful - but I don't think people should get to technical with it is all.
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We are a 100 year old survey firm .. we still regularly get asked for surveys we did in the '30's and '40's ..

Extrapolating that out - how is a zipped e57 (say) going to perform compared to a paper plan or something on film etc. We scanned our archive to TIFF and later PDF ..

"50 year archiving" is certainly something that needs to be achieved.

One sad thing from a marketing perspective - it is hard to have your branding on data vs a plan sheet.
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Matt Young wrote: Jared - SSD being used for Random Access Memory...? never heard of that before. Do you mean swap space on the drive?
To be fair, I did say "RAM" :P.

But yeah, using it as swap space, or pagefile to be more precise.


right-click on "Computer" icon and select "Properties."

Click on the "Advanced System Settings" option on the left side of the new window that opens.

Click on the "Advanced" tab on the "System Properties" menu.

Click the "Settings" option under the "Performance" header.

Click on the "Advanced Tab" on the "Performance Options" window. Click on the "Change" button beneath the "Virtual Memory" header.

Uncheck the box next to "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" in the "Virtual Memory" window.

Click on the SSD from the listing under "Paging file size for each drive."

Click the dial next to "System managed size" and click on "Set."

Click on "OK" to close.

Choose the "Yes" option when the computer asks you if you want to restart.
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Yes I thought you meant virtual memory and not RAM which stands for Random Access Memory.
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We have found NAS drives to give the most user friendly experience :)
This is how our rack looks like and it is still growing
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Beast Daniel!
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Daniel

What brand are your NAS systems?
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Thad,
this is still work in progress, we wilkl be re-aranginf the rack so that we can put two drives side by side so that we can add more of them :)
Dennis,
these are Synology units, some older, some newer.
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