Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 19:47:35 +0100 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Non-SCSI backup strategy? Message-ID: <3A030847.D5B76A0F@i-clue.de> References: <NDBBKMNOJKJGAEKJNLIAOEILEOAA.doug@polands.org>
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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
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