[lug] Backup system ideas

[Dan Ferris]

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?
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>Hugh
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>On Thu, 19 May 2005, Dan Ferris wrote:
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>>Another vote for rsync and disk drives.  Tape is my weapon of last resort.
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>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>>The software:
>>>Amanda and Backula are on my research list.  Other suggestions?
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>>>Other sillyness:
>>>Windows XP, 2000, and 98 are around too.
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>>>Thanks!
>>>Mike
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