Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:33:54 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup drive scheme Message-ID: <20031112173354.GB24384@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20031112154453.M86812@enabled.com> References: <20031112154453.M86812@enabled.com>
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:46:39AM -0800, Noah wrote:
>=20
> FreeBSD 4.8 -STABLE
>=20
> I currently have two 120GB SCSI drives in a machine. one drive is the ma=
in
> disk and the other drive is a complete exact copy of the first drive.
>=20
> I am using rsync every 24 hours to backup drive 1 to drive 2. can somebo=
dy
> recommend another backup solution here? Things are working fine right no=
w.=20
> just trying to figure out other solutions?
That's not a bad system per se -- would you care to elaborate what
about that scheme is unsatisfactory? What sort of characteristics are
you looking for in your backup scheme: for instance how long do you
want to retain backups for? How much stuff do you want to backup?
What about keeping off-site copies? Is it more important to be able to
recover a system quickly or is it more important to cram as many
copies of the data as possible onto the available media?
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
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