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<b>Message ID:</b> 8237 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Thu Oct  7 21:15:10 BST 1999 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> jhenders@xxxxx.xxx <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Lighstones was Re: Elf Hide Gloves <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-31582039">On Thu, Oct 07/99, &quot;Kimes, Dean W.&quot; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:Dean_Kimes@...">Dean_Kimes@...</a>&gt; wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Part of the problem isn&#39;t so much the physical space required though, as the<br/>
&gt; backup time required to conserve all that data every nite routinely.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>What ever gave you the idea they backed up nightly? From what I&#39;ve seen,<br/>
from people who have lost all the items on their characters and have<br/>
actually been offered a restore of their character information, Verant<br/>
backs up once ever week or possibly 2 weeks, as that is usually how far<br/>
back the character information that is restored is.<br/>
<br/>
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