From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Feb 11 09:24:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA06497 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:24:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mojo.calyx.net (mojo.calyx.net [208.132.136.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA06462 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 09:24:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists@mojo.calyx.net) Message-Id: <199802111724.JAA06462@hub.freebsd.org> Received: (qmail 23323 invoked from network); 11 Feb 1998 17:16:52 -0000 Received: from kwesi.calyx.net (208.132.136.100) by mojo.calyx.net with SMTP; 11 Feb 1998 17:16:52 -0000 X-Sender: lists@calyx.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 12:15:08 -0500 To: Mike Smith From: Nicholas Merrill Subject: Re: Large system backups; recommendations for devices & strategies? Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199802100356.TAA06848@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 07:56 PM 2/9/98 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >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.) I am using a Sony SDT 7000 DAT drive and a 20GB DEC DLT2000 Digital Linear Tape drive with BRU (www.estinc.com). I am very pleased with the results. BRU is the greatest backup utility for UNIX I've ever had the pleasure of using. It's roughly based on tar I think but it does SO MUCH more in terms of making sure your data is not corrupted. I would highly recommend that people look into BRU and DLT drives. There's no better way that I've been exposed to for backing up UNIX boxes Nick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message