Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 11:46:01 -0700 (PDT) From: The Clark Family <res03db2@gte.net> To: Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net> Cc: Artem Koutchine <matrix@chat.ru>, "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Backup tools/strategy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006181135290.39479-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net> In-Reply-To: <200006180615.CAA20772@sanson.reyes.somos.net>
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Francisco Reyes wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 15:15:39 -0700 (PDT), The Clark Family > wrote: > > >One of the BSD related websites had a feature about backing up to > >CDR. There are so many useful/fun things to do with a CDR/RW drive > > CDRs are too small to be used as a primary backup. Far from an absolute. For many systems, a CD of the OS, A floppy with customization scripts, and a CD of the user's data is all that is needed. > > >that tape is less and less attractive all the time. > > In my opinion the best backup solutions right now are Hard > Drives and Rsync to a remote server. > > IDEs are dirt cheap these days. In particular 5400rpm ones. > One can get those special enclosures to make them removable. > > Pricewise two IDEs are probably about the same it would cost to > buy a tape drive and tapes. The 20GB tapes we use are approx 80-90$ US. A local retailer was selling 20GB 5400rpm drives for 99$. So even without the high cost of a tape drive, the economies of HD backup are there. > > Rsync to a remote location would work best for a well connected > site which has files that don't change often. There is also the > issue of having a remote site where to backup to. > > [RC] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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