Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 12:36:47 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: randyk@ccsales.com (Randy A. Katz) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backups - Many FreeBSD Machines Message-ID: <199807101736.MAA11961@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980710065934.0533cea0@ccsales.com> from "Randy A. Katz" at "Jul 10, 98 06:59:34 am"
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In a previous message, Randy A. Katz said:
> Hello,
>
> I have around 40 production servers running FreeBSD. Each machine uses
> around 3-4 Gigabytes of space that needs to be backed up (on 3 partitions).
> I need some suggestions as to what to do, here are some of my options:
>
> 1. Establish a large RAID array which grabs the files from each machine and
> periodically dumps to tape.
> 2. Establish smaller RAID arrays which handle logical groupings of machines
> and periodically dumps to tape.
> 3. Establish some sort of networked tape device which can directly backup
> all the machines.
>
> It seems number one would take too long so the backups might extend for
> more then 24 hours. Number 2 could be a good idea but uses more tapes and
> more machines. Number 3 might have the same drawback(s) as number 1.
>
> Please offer your thoughts/suggestions/experiences.
>
> Thanx,
> Randy Katz
>
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