Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 16:36:51 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Non-SCSI backup strategy? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1001103163337.33143A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3A030847.D5B76A0F@i-clue.de>
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On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Christoph Sold wrote: > Doug Poland schrieb: > > > > Chris wrote: > > > > > > 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? > > > > 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. > > Thanks, Doug, that's a good idea. Anyhow, I need something for offsite > storage. CD-R, tape, whatever: only it should not involve SCSI. Any > opinions? A friend of mine came up with this one recently: every so often, [have cron] make up a tarball of your current work, then email it to yourself at various free email accounts (hotmail et al). It's, um, an interesting idea. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org [1] Bus error netscape To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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