Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 12:27:23 -0600 From: "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org> To: "Christoph Sold" <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Non-SCSI backup strategy? Message-ID: <NDBBKMNOJKJGAEKJNLIAOEILEOAA.doug@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <3A02DCAF.841FFB22@i-clue.de>
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Chris wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I got a single, small BSD box set up and running in a local network. I > plan to use it for backup purposes. Unfortunately, this box sports no > SCSI interface. Everything has to be done the cheap way. > > Can anybody speak up how to backup (preferably using Amanda) to any > ATAPI or USB drive? > > Thanks for your recommendations > -Christoph Sold > P.S: Yes, i know, SCSI cards _are_ cheap... but I want to check out > alternatives first. > -- Chris, I'm by no means an authority, but I choose to backup my systems to harddrives in two dedicated backup PC's. I added two 20GB HD to two old 80486s. You can't beat the cost/MB ratio of an IDE harddrive. I backup to one machine one day, the other the next. Of course, I had old 486's lying around so the only cost involved was the drives themselves. Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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