What happened to the "Prompt for backup when exiting Wintix" message in Wintix 6?
This prompt was in the
Initialization menu for many years in both Wintix 5 and 6. Backing up is our religion and you can't predict when you will need to have a backup. To paraphrase the Bible, judgment day for your computer will come.*
So, why did we change this and remove the prompt in Wintix 6?
- The backup procedure we have for Wintix 6 is far better than it was.
- The backup we used to use demanded so much data the entire server would slow down temporarily.
Now, backups are done constantly and kept in a different area of the data center. If a server drive dies, there is another drive ready to have the load shifted to it. We can restore data much easier. In fact, we can restore to the last 15 minutes. It takes a while to completely restore (about 45 minutes), but we have all the data. This is necessary if you have one of those
*insert your favorite swear word* moments.
If you really do need to backup, that feature is still part of the program. Just click on Tools | Backup | Backup. You will get a nice backup and it will be zipped up and put in your /Wintix6/Output subdirectory.
* "No one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven" Matthew 24:36.
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