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Re: student data backup services
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Gibson)
Wed Apr 4 10:32:27 2012
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What if your students had their SkyDrive mapped as a network drive? I
haven't tested this but spoke with another school that was looking into it.
http://www.howtogeek.com/56096/how-to-use-skydrives-25-gb-as-a-mapped-drive-for-easy-access/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Brian Gibson
Systems Administrator
Wheaton College
On 4/4/2012 9:26 AM, Andy Voelker wrote:
>
> I recently stumbled upon some disturbing data for our
> software/hardware repair shop. On average, over 1 in 10 students that
> we deal with has a failing hard drive. In March it accounted for 17%
> of our tickets; in February it was 18%. In November alone we saw 26
> hard drives fail.
>
> That being said, what are people doing about awareness of data
> protection? We are a windows live shop, so we do advertise SkyDrive
> some. However, backing up to it is a very manual process, much like a
> flash drive. We're thinking about standardizing on a recommendation
> for a cloud service. Mozy, Carbonite, etc come to mind. Has anyone
> looked in to contracting one of these services? Being a reseller?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -- Andy Voelker
>
> Manager of Student Computing in the Technology Commons
>
> Western Carolina University
>
> Be sure to check out the WCU TechTips Podcast at
> http://www.youtube.com/WesternCarolinaU!!
>
> Check the status of your IT requests at any time at http://help.wcu.edu/ !
>
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What if your students had their SkyDrive mapped as a network drive?
I haven't tested this but spoke with another school that was looking
into it.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.howtogeek.com/56096/how-to-use-skydrives-25-gb-as-a-mapped-drive-for-easy-access/">http://www.howtogeek.com/56096/how-to-use-skydrives-25-gb-as-a-mapped-drive-for-easy-access/</a><br>
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
Brian Gibson<br>
Systems Administrator<br>
Wheaton College<br>
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On 4/4/2012 9:26 AM, Andy Voelker wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">I recently stumbled upon some disturbing
data for our software/hardware repair shop. On average, over
1 in 10 students that we deal with has a failing hard drive.
In March it accounted for 17% of our tickets; in February it
was 18%. In November alone we saw 26 hard drives fail.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That being said, what are people doing
about awareness of data protection? We are a windows live
shop, so we do advertise SkyDrive some. However, backing up
to it is a very manual process, much like a flash drive.
We’re thinking about standardizing on a recommendation for a
cloud service. Mozy, Carbonite, etc come to mind. Has anyone
looked in to contracting one of these services? Being a
reseller? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-- Andy Voelker<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Manager of Student Computing in the
Technology Commons<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Western Carolina University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Be sure to check out the WCU TechTips
Podcast at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.youtube.com/WesternCarolinaU"><span
style="color:blue">http://www.youtube.com/WesternCarolinaU</span></a>!!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Check the status of your IT requests at any
time at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://help.wcu.edu/"><span
style="color:blue">http://help.wcu.edu/</span></a> !<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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