Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!genbank!kristoff From: kristoff@genbank.BIO.NET (David Kristofferson) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genbank Subject: Re: Distributing GenBank over the Internet Message-ID: Date: 15 Dec 89 03:41:39 GMT References: <1989Dec7.213027.8591@phri.nyu.edu> <573@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu> <1989Dec15.004724.16304@phri.nyu.edu> Organization: GenBank Online Service Lines: 21 > Certainly, the data is so precious that the Keepers Of The Sacred > Knowledge should be making backups of the master copy of the database, > and storing duplicate tapes in fireproof vaults (they do, don't > they?), but subscribers like us can always just go back to the source > when that rare disaster strikes. All systems at IntelliGenetics including the GenBank database and On-line Service computers are backed up nightly (partials of changed or new files) and full system backups are performed weekly. Complete system backups are stored offsite in vaults as Roy indicates above. Copies of the data are also maintained and backed up at Los Alamos. In addition there is the EMBL databank and the DNA databank of Japan. It would be hard to get rid of this data even if we tried! -- Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson GenBank On-line Service Manager kristoff@genbank.bio.net