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From: dougcc@csv.viccol.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: File restore time (was: Exabyte versus DAT)
Message-ID: <6352.26a445bc@csv.viccol.edu.au>
Date: 18 Jul 90 16:19:24 GMT
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In article <6438.269dd790@uwovax.uwo.ca>, brent@uwovax.uwo.ca (Brent
Sterner) writes:

> 	I'm curious, does restore time matter to other sites like it does
> 	to us?

Round here, people are usually so impressed by the fact that we *have*
backups of files on multi-user computers that restore time becomes
unimportant.

It seems that microcomputer backup disasters are so prevalent that our
(documented) backup policy for multi-user computers is often regarded as a
revelation rather than a right.