From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 26 22:12: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.3.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21B4B1538B for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:12:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from deaven@execpc.com) Received: from pop04.execpc.com (pop04.execpc.com [169.207.2.82]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.9.1) id AAA25539; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:11:58 -0600 Received: from tabby (skaro-1-90.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.138.90]) by pop04.execpc.com (8.8.8) id AAA00163; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:11:56 -0600 Message-Id: <200001270611.AAA00163@pop04.execpc.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Chris Hill Cc: FreeBSD Questions list Subject: Re: Backup - opinions wanted In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:03:26 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:15:50 -0600 From: David Deaven Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have been using a CDRW drive, and am very happy. My system requires 5 CDs for a level 0 backup (full backup), so it is about 5 * 650Mb ~ 3.2Gb. I run a daily perl script via periodic(8) which backs up unix filesystems (with dump(8)) and msdos filesystems (with tar(1) with timestamps), and do level 0, 1, and 2 backups. The level 1 and 2 backups go daily, I start a fresh CD with a level 1 and keep adding level 2 backups in multisession tracks (use mkisofs(1) and cdrecord(1)), until the level 1 backups are requiring 200-300Mb, then it's time for another level 0, done manually. All CD data written gets verified by the script. Works like a charm. So, unless you have a really big system, do not discount CDRW drives. they are cheap and reliable these days, and you can use them for other cool stuff besides backups, too. >I need to start doing backups. To that end, I'd like people's opinions on whic >h >hardware I should buy. Presumably some sort of tape drive, but which one(s) do >you like/hate? Why? > >The ideal system would use reasonably-priced and widely-available media, and >would not itself be horrifically expensive (like DLT). It also would not make >too much noise when idle. (As opposed to the external SCSI tape drive I had >years ago, whose fan screamed like a banshee whenever the drive was powered >on.) > >The system in question is running 3.1R and has a Tekram DC390F SCSI card. It >will need to back up itself, another FreeBSD box (3.2R) and a Macintosh (8.1). > >Thanks in advance for your thoughts! > > >-- >Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org >[place witty saying here] > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- ------------------------------------- David Deaven deaven@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~deaven To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message