[lug] Backup system ideas

[Dan Ferris]

In all seriousness, that particular solution only works for a somewhat 
SMALL amount of data.

Dan

Dan Ferris wrote:

> Ahhh, but on the 8th day the lord invented the removable hard drive 
> bay :-)
>
> Dan
>
> Hugh Brown wrote:
>
>> The one great benefit of tape is that it is easy to take offsite.  
>> Anyone
>> know whether data decays faster on tape or on disk?
>>
>> Hugh
>>
>> On Thu, 19 May 2005, Dan Ferris wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Another vote for rsync and disk drives.  Tape is my weapon of last 
>>> resort.
>>>
>>> Mike Stanczyk wrote:
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>>>
>>>> Since the suggestions every submitted were so great the last time
>>>> (pdf creation), I'd like your suggestions and horror stories about
>>>> backup systems.
>>>>
>>>> The problem:
>>>> The NT4sp6 server's Travan tape drive is dying.  I've scavanged
>>>> enough old hardware to build a backup machine.  The backup machine
>>>> will run linux on an internal ide drive with an external scsi
>>>> drive to host backup files.  If a spare scsi tape drive of mine
>>>> checks out, that will go in as well.
>>>>
>>>> The software:
>>>> Amanda and Backula are on my research list.  Other suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Other sillyness:
>>>> Windows XP, 2000, and 98 are around too.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Mike
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