Comments on: Data Store 1: The Local Workstation http://scottbilas.com/blog/data-store-1-the-local-workstation/ Take what you want, and leave the rest (just like your salad bar). Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:15:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Back Up (Some Of) That Local Data! « New Fun Blog - Scott Bilas http://scottbilas.com/blog/data-store-1-the-local-workstation/#comment-69 Back Up (Some Of) That Local Data! « New Fun Blog - Scott Bilas Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:04:22 +0000 http://scottbilas.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-69 [...] pm · Filed under backups, loose cannon studios, process I previously posted about using the local workstation as a data store. I concluded that local storage for some important data is an inevitability, and [...] [...] pm · Filed under backups, loose cannon studios, process I previously posted about using the local workstation as a data store. I concluded that local storage for some important data is an inevitability, and [...]

]]> By: Scott http://scottbilas.com/blog/data-store-1-the-local-workstation/#comment-68 Scott Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:52:33 +0000 http://scottbilas.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-68 Yeah HDD's are pretty cheap. And a year or two later when you're certain you don't need their data, stick the drive in some other machine that needs an auxiliary (like the DJ for more music!) Yeah HDD’s are pretty cheap. And a year or two later when you’re certain you don’t need their data, stick the drive in some other machine that needs an auxiliary (like the DJ for more music!)

]]> By: Aaron Bockelie http://scottbilas.com/blog/data-store-1-the-local-workstation/#comment-67 Aaron Bockelie Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:16:06 +0000 http://scottbilas.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-67 When dealing with the Crazy, I make a snapshot or backup of the entire hard drive, or even just take the hdd out and set it on a shelf. That way 9 months later when someone goes "oh it was on so-and-so's machine" it's possible to look like the hero sometimes. Granted this doesn't scale well, but for a game studio it works great. Treat local storage like a black box when approaching it from the outside. When dealing with the Crazy, I make a snapshot or backup of the entire hard drive, or even just take the hdd out and set it on a shelf. That way 9 months later when someone goes “oh it was on so-and-so’s machine” it’s possible to look like the hero sometimes. Granted this doesn’t scale well, but for a game studio it works great.

Treat local storage like a black box when approaching it from the outside.

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