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<blockquote data-quote="VOC Machine Registrar" data-source="post: 14782"><p><strong>Valuable Data</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I take Vic's point about contingencies for preserving valuable data.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">However with regard to the Forum we are not dealing with valuable data. And before anyone takes this as sarcasm or a jibe at the quality of members contributions, let me make it clear that this is not my intention. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In all seriousness, what would we have lost if we lost the entire Forum? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Yes it would be a pain and a disappointment, but when all said and done we could start afresh. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Forum is not the receptacle of truly valuable or irreplaceable club data. Such material is held elsewhere and is backed up.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As I understand it the Host does run a normal mirrored back-up system in case of drive failure, but that mirrored system is in the same locality and would therefore be equally affected by the problem.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As soon as you start talking about multiple geographical site provision, then the cost goes up. It is at this point you have to put a value on the data; is the value of the data worth the perpetual increased cost? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Forum is a chat shop, a place convenient to some of our members to exchange views and ideas; are these views and ideas so valuable that we have to archive them for ever?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Forum is not even the Club's Official organ of communication; only 60% of VOC members list internet availability on their application form. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Let me just stress: Vic's comments are not lost on me. Quite the contrary. The protection and preservation of the clubs truly valuable data figures high amongst my priorities. It is just that the Forum content does not figure in the "valuable" category. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Along with everyone elses, my thanks go to Graham for the work he puts into the Forum.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VOC Machine Registrar, post: 14782"] [b]Valuable Data[/b] [FONT="Arial"][SIZE="3"]I take Vic's point about contingencies for preserving valuable data. However with regard to the Forum we are not dealing with valuable data. And before anyone takes this as sarcasm or a jibe at the quality of members contributions, let me make it clear that this is not my intention. In all seriousness, what would we have lost if we lost the entire Forum? Yes it would be a pain and a disappointment, but when all said and done we could start afresh. The Forum is not the receptacle of truly valuable or irreplaceable club data. Such material is held elsewhere and is backed up. As I understand it the Host does run a normal mirrored back-up system in case of drive failure, but that mirrored system is in the same locality and would therefore be equally affected by the problem. As soon as you start talking about multiple geographical site provision, then the cost goes up. It is at this point you have to put a value on the data; is the value of the data worth the perpetual increased cost? The Forum is a chat shop, a place convenient to some of our members to exchange views and ideas; are these views and ideas so valuable that we have to archive them for ever? The Forum is not even the Club's Official organ of communication; only 60% of VOC members list internet availability on their application form. Let me just stress: Vic's comments are not lost on me. Quite the contrary. The protection and preservation of the clubs truly valuable data figures high amongst my priorities. It is just that the Forum content does not figure in the "valuable" category. Along with everyone elses, my thanks go to Graham for the work he puts into the Forum.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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