From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 24 04:40:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35AD716A402 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:40:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E77A613C487 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:40:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 24 Apr 2007 00:40:31 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.3-GA) with ESMTP id NFK02856; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:40:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 65-78-26-179.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([65.78.26.179]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 24 Apr 2007 00:40:29 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17965.35390.760226.221870@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:40:30 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <879633.68756.qm@web58109.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <879633.68756.qm@web58109.mail.re3.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta27) "fiddleheads" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Subject: Backup media choices for FreeBSD servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:40:32 -0000 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