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Summary: This is a MUST have resource for IT professionals
Review: If you are an IT professional and you are responsible for the security and integrity of data, you must have this book! It could save you save a lot of headache, and possibly your job!This book has something for every IT manager, it doesn't matter whether your site is small or large, Mac or Windows centric or whether you have a corrupt document or a database, this book has something for you. Keep this book by your side. Read it. Learn from it. I know I do. I keep a copy on my desk. This book contains the compiled wisdom of people who've lost battles, but have learned from these catastrophes. I'm a policy fanatic and the stuff in this book will help you formulate rock solid policies for your organization. With policies in place, you will be better able to deal with disasters WHEN they strike! I believe it's a great resource to help justify appropriation requests for new infrastructure gear or resources. The investment for this tome is nil but the benefits priceless. Do something smart and get this book.
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Summary: A must read for Business and Technology Pros
Review: The Backup Book should be required reading for all Executives and IT Managers. The technical information is given in an entertaining way for a business audience. The business aspects of company data are explained to the techie crowd along with the necessary technical information And the writing style makes it a page turner. Buy it for yourself or the person at your company that changes the backup tapes every night. You will sleep better.
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Summary: No greater expert on backup
Review: This book is out of this world. It explains backup and disaster recovery such that one can actually understand it! The writer's style is funny and conversational, and it really helps you get through what would otherwise be rather, err...dry material... Put down your incomprehensible Backup Exec manuals, and Microsoft disaster recovery whitepapers. This one gives it to you in english, *and* gives you a worksheet at the end that is a perfect roadmap to actually getting these systems in place.
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Summary: everything you need for backup concepts
Review: this book should be named Backup Bible because it covers everything. I give it 4 star because it covers too much basic concepts and stuff that people should already know before you become a backup operator.
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Summary: Good, but bloated and a bit sophomoric.
Review: This book would have been great if it was 60% of the pages with the fluff and jokes cut out. Backup is a serious subject, and a few jokes may be cute, but they pervade the book to the point of becoming annoying. There is also too much time spent on the bare basics - it sometimes felt like the author had a page quota to meet.
That said, it appears to be the only game in town covering the subject to this breadth and depth, and when the author cuts to the chase, he clearly has a good understanding of the problems and soulutions, with only a few technical errors (amusingly, the errors are just where the author appears to be trying to impress the reader with the depth of their knowledge.)
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