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Re: student data backup services
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charlie Teater)
Wed Apr 4 18:24:12 2012
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Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 16:23:59 -0600
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From: Charlie Teater <cteater@boisestate.edu>
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Many students here just use Drop Box. Easy access from anywhere.
Charlie Teater
IT Systems Coordinator
University Housing
Boise State University
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Andy Voelker <avoelker@email.wcu.edu> wrote:
> That is pretty cool! I wasn’t aware of that method in windows 7, though we
> have done that in the Windows 8 DP’s we’ve seen. I just threw that link out
> on our facebook and twitter accounts, so hopefully some more tech-savy
> students will try it out. Thanks!
>
>
>
> -- 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/ !
>
>
>
> From: Resnet Forum [mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian
> Gibson
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 10:32 AM
> To: RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: student data backup services
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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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