
5.5 Planning Backup Strategies
The rest of this chapter looks at backup strategies, and the elements involved in
planning them.
5.5.1 Backup Overview
As soon as the system has been set up and the operating environment
configured as required, a backup strategy should be immediately implemented.
From this point on, valuable data will be created and stored within the storage
subsystem that represents time and effort, and in most cases that supports the
business. The organization of the system (operating system data and
applications), and the user information created (files and directories) are subject
to misadventure, however carefully managed; files can ...