Is Your Data Really Backed Up?

Robert Plantz, Computer Science Department, SSU

Stevenson Hall 1300
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

You accidentally delete a file. Or you try to boot your computer and discover that the disk has failed. When was the last time you backed up? Did your backup software save everything? The time the file was last modified? Owner/group permissions? Your personal settings? Is the backup media still good? There is much more to backing up than simply copying files. This talk will address backing up issues in the context of Linux and Mac OS X on the desktop, but the concepts apply to any environment.