From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 4 0:24:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx-a.qnet.com (mx-a.qnet.com [209.221.198.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B921A37B4C5 for ; Sat, 4 Nov 2000 00:24:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from cello.qnet.com (root@cello.qnet.com [209.221.198.10]) by mx-a.qnet.com (8.9.1a/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA22415; Sat, 4 Nov 2000 00:24:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from STORK (56k-socal-00-47.dial.qnet.com [209.221.198.62]) by cello.qnet.com (8.9.0/8.9.1) with SMTP id AAA21419; Sat, 4 Nov 2000 00:23:43 -0800 (PST) From: "Heredity Choice" To: "Christoph Sold" , "Doug Poland" Cc: Subject: RE: Non-SCSI backup strategy? Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 00:15:55 -0800 Message-ID: <001701c04637$744776c0$4fc7ddd1@STORK> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 In-Reply-To: <3A030847.D5B76A0F@i-clue.de> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You can mount the hard drives in mobile docks for off-site storage. Be sure all mobile docks and trays come from the same manufacturer, because there is no industry standard. Otherwise use a CDR, which gives a very permanent backup as long as the disks keep free of fingerprints and scratches. Paul Smith > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Christoph Sold > Sent: Friday, 03 November, 2000 10:48 AM > To: Doug Poland > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Non-SCSI backup strategy? > > > > > Doug Poland schrieb: > > > > Chris wrote: > > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > I got a single, small BSD box set up and running in a local network. I > > > plan to use it for backup purposes. Unfortunately, this box sports no > > > SCSI interface. Everything has to be done the cheap way. > > > > > > Can anybody speak up how to backup (preferably using Amanda) to any > > > ATAPI or USB drive? > > > > > > Thanks for your recommendations > > > -Christoph Sold > > > P.S: Yes, i know, SCSI cards _are_ cheap... but I want to check out > > > alternatives first. > > > -- > > > > Chris, > > > > I'm by no means an authority, but I choose to backup my systems to > > harddrives in two dedicated backup PC's. I added two 20GB HD to two > > old 80486s. You can't beat the cost/MB ratio of an IDE harddrive. > > I backup to one machine one day, the other the next. Of course, > > I had old 486's lying around so the only cost involved was the drives > > themselves. > > Thanks, Doug, that's a good idea. Anyhow, I need something for offsite > storage. CD-R, tape, whatever: only it should not involve SCSI. Any > opinions? > > -Christoph > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message