Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:40:30 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Backup media choices for FreeBSD servers Message-ID: <17965.35390.760226.221870@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <879633.68756.qm@web58109.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <879633.68756.qm@web58109.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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L Goodwin writes: > 1) Cost is a primary concern. Budget does not allow for a > multi-drive solution. Best if client does not handle backups > (change discs/tapes), so a solution that permits storing several > backups to same disc/tape preferred. > > 2) I only want to back up user data (not the OS). Current user data > occupies less than 1GB of drive space, and is expected to grow at a > modest rate. Weird as it sounds to be saying this ... 1 Gbyte is _nothing_. Buy an external hard drive that connects via USB 2.0. (100 Gbyte would last three months.) Practical transfer speed of, say, 15 Mbytes/sec means a dump will take less than 15 minutes. As for inter-OS software operability - no idea. Robert huff
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