From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 10 17:54:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA29043 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 17:54:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA29013 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 17:54:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt3-26.HiWAAY.net [208.147.146.26]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id TAA02979; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 19:53:58 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA05174; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 18:57:53 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199802110057.SAA05174@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Large system backups; recommendations for devices & strategies? In-reply-to: Message from Mike Smith of "Mon, 09 Feb 1998 19:56:08 PST." <199802100356.TAA06845@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 18:57:53 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm looking for recommendations for both backup devices and backup > strategies for a network of about six systems and perhaps 50GB of > data. Ultimately, I'd like something that can run more or less > unattended, modulo media changes, etc. (ie. I expect using Amanda or > similar.) All one filesystem? Multiple systems? Others have suggested jukebox solutions but you might consider 5 or 10 (or 2 or 3) lower cost (than DLT or AIT) Exabyte 8505's which can put an honest 4.8G (or more with compression) on a cheap tape. Plus multiple drives gives you redundancy in hardware and parallel backup for more speed. The CD-R people are pushing their hardware for backups too. In volume a 600MB CD-R disk is approaching $1. Don't think that's a viable solution for you. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe hackers" in the body of the message