On 28/01/2013 08:12 AM, scott wrote:
>> From what I've seen, several revision control systems *claim* to
>> support large binary files, but barf if you actually try it...
>
> I don't know how our IT department at work manage it, but on all our
> network drives you can right click and folder or file in Explorer and go
> Properties->"Previous versions" and help yourself to whatever previous
> version you want. I assume that all gets backed up somehow.

It's a new feature in Windows Server 2007 (?). AFAIK, it's only 
available for the server edition of the OS. But yes, basically it 
retains old versions of files for X days. The files are still on the 
same physical volume, however. This protects against logical failures 
(e.g., some doofus deleted the wrong file), but not against physical 
failures such as a head crash.

Of course, then you need to buy backup software expensive enough that it 
backs up the hidden previous versions as well as the visible files...

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