From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 19 14: 7:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sn1oexchr01.nextvenue.com (sn1oexchr01.nextvenue.com [63.209.169.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 52A6A37BE86 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:07:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nevans@nextvenue.com) Received: FROM sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com BY sn1oexchr01.nextvenue.com ; Wed Jul 19 17:05:46 2000 -0400 Received: by sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <3987S2SP>; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 17:03:10 -0400 Message-ID: <712384017032D411AD7B0001023D799B07CA0D@sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com> From: Nick Evans To: 'Hank Wethington' , BSD Subject: RE: backing up Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 17:03:07 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01BFF1C4.BD305A90" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFF1C4.BD305A90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" not a bad idea. i guess it depends on the volume of information you are planning on backing up. what about the idea of storing your backups offsite? unless you decide to get removeable drives then this would not be possible. yet it only really applies to large backup operations or environments where a long archive of data is required. cost is also a factor as the price tape media is significantly less than harddisk media. -----Original Message----- From: Hank Wethington [mailto:bsd@info-logix.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 4:51 PM To: BSD Subject: backing up I have been looking at different ways to back-up my system over the last 2 months. Well, it is now time to just get it done. But before I rush out and buy a SCSI tape system, I ran in to one potential solution and I was wondering if anyone has tried it. Is it possible to back up to a hard drive as one does to a tape. This would include incremental backups as well as full backups. With the cost of large IDE drives, it seems like such a perfect solution. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFF1C4.BD305A90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: backing up

not a bad idea. i guess it depends on the volume of = information you are planning on backing up. what about the idea of = storing your backups offsite? unless you decide to get removeable = drives then this would not be possible. yet it only really applies to = large backup operations or environments where a long archive of data is = required. cost is also a factor as the price tape media is = significantly less than harddisk media.

-----Original Message-----
From: Hank Wethington [mailto:bsd@info-logix.com]=
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 4:51 PM
To: BSD
Subject: backing up


I have been looking at different ways to back-up my = system over the last 2
months. Well, it is now time to just get it done. = But before I rush out and
buy a SCSI tape system, I ran in to one potential = solution and I was
wondering if anyone has tried it.

Is it possible to back up to a hard drive as one does = to a tape. This would
include incremental backups as well as full backups. = With the cost of large
IDE drives, it seems like such a perfect = solution.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hank



To Unsubscribe: send mail to = majordomo@FreeBSD.org
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