Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 01:32:14 +0100 From: "Ahmed Benani" <ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re : Is my backup system sane? Message-ID: <19991206003325.5888D14D1D@hub.freebsd.org>
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STOP SENDING YOUR MESSAGES I RECEIVED MORE THAN 200 PER DAY AND I NEVER UBSCRIBE TO YOUR LIST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch ---------- >De=A0: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) >=C0 : freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Objet=A0: Re: Is my backup system sane? >Date=A0: Dim 5 d=E9c 1999 22:12 > >Paul D. Schmidt <pds@uberhacker.org> wrote: > >> I do a level 0 dump at the end of the month >> I then cycle through 4 (or 5 if necessary) "Sunday" tapes doing level 1 >> backups >> Then Monday-Saturday I do a level 2 backup to the proper tape for the da= y... > >Well, it's not insane. ;-) > >Things to consider: Do you want to be able to restore previous >system states? Like that file you deleted two weeks ago and now >need again? Depending on how long an archive you want, you'll need >to save an appropriate amount of old dumps (tapes). And remember >that as soon as a level n dump is overwritten with a new one, all >level >n dumps depending on it are invalidated. > >-- >Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de > > > >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
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