On Jul 1, 2009, at 8:34 PM, Brian F. Opitz wrote: Please. This has been discussed so many times before on this list that we don't need to hear it anymore. Time Machine is designed for the home user. Period. To use it in a mission-critical, production, environment is simply lunacy. Would you risk your paycheck on it? I know I wouldn't.
Lunacy? I think you may have gone just a bit overboard. Time Machine works quite well for what it does. As long as you understand how it works I think it's fine if you want to use it. It's just another option for backup. May not be the best option for all situations, but it is very helpful in many circumstances. I've used it, and it's worked well for several of my clients.
Also, if I knew my job was actually at risk if a backup failed, I wouldn't rely on a single piece of technology. If it were that important I think I would have multiple systems in place to provide some redundancy.
Kevin |
