From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 1 16:02:05 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id QAA06646 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 16:02:05 -0800 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.atinc.com [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA06633 for ; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 16:02:02 -0800 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id SAA23188; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 18:48:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 18:48:41 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: Back ups? To: "Alok K. Dhir" cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, Alok K. Dhir wrote: > Has anyone developed a good system of regularly scheduled, automated > backups that don't require you to switch tapes every day? My drive can > hold 8 gigs on a 90m tape, and it only needs to back up about 3. > Furthermore, there is no point in backing up the same data over and over > again, I'd rather back up only what's changed. dump each day/partition to the rnst device (no rewind) then switch tapes the day before it fills. and pray that a fire never hits. i take last night's tape home every day. cant burn down both work and home in one day, i hope. Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346