Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:54:46 -0700 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: Murray Stokely <murray@stokely.org> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup Basics Message-ID: <4A888026.8020507@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <2a7894eb0908161446j6ea4db1an6b9425923966e0e4@mail.gmail.com> References: <986a34160908161107g6bbb1d8bj94e6ad4d9b01f2e5@mail.gmail.com> <2a7894eb0908161424w5c2d49c0m8017325a53eb66db@mail.gmail.com> <4A887C2C.6010608@freebsd.org> <2a7894eb0908161446j6ea4db1an6b9425923966e0e4@mail.gmail.com>
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Murray Stokely wrote: > A fair point, and in that case perhaps a short paragraph introducing > the reader to the class of cloud based online backup systems as a > viable alternative to tape backup solutions in 2009, rather than > listing any specific services. Right, I think if the handbook ventures outside of discussing the tools which are built into FreeBSD, it should probably be limited to discussing the pros and cons of various *types* of tools rather than discussing specific tools. A few months ago I wrote some text at http://www.webhostingtalk.com/wiki/Backups which was an attempt to give people a framework for deciding what they should look for in a backup solution -- I don't know if it's useful, but if anyone wants to take some or all of that text for the handbook, you can consider it public domain. -- Colin Percival Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
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