From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 13 18: 9:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from antsclimbtree.com (dsl-64-130-38-189.telocity.com [64.130.38.189]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84E8D37B417 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 18:09:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from meemee.antsclimbtree.com (meemee.antsclimbtree.com [192.168.1.2]) by antsclimbtree.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g1BG1XQ85411 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:01:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@antsclimbtree.com) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:00:34 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v480) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Backup routine From: Mark Edwards To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <7B9F4C1E-1F08-11D6-BE1D-000A278CC960@antsclimbtree.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've got an installation of FreeBSD 4.4 Stable running along quite nicely. Now I'm trying to design a backup system for it. This installation is mainly a personal server. It's running on a Seagate IV ATA HD, and it is a low-access server. It runs my personal mail, and my personal web site. I have a second identical HD that I'm intending to set up a nightly dump to. My questions: - Is that a decent backup scenario? - Is there a good reason I should use a tape drive instead? - Should I use something other than dump? I want to make as accurate a running backup as possible. Ideally the backup should preserve the exact state of my server at the moment of backup. Does it make sense to create a bootable copy instead of a dump file (i.e. a dump | restore)? - Does it make sense to mount/unmount the backup HD as part of the backup routine, so that it will not be evident to a hacker? Thanks! -- Mark Edwards San Francisco, CA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message