From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 7 23:20:48 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD69916A41F for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 23:20:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@energistic.com) Received: from energistic.com (mail.energistic.com [216.54.148.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2263943D64 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 23:20:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@energistic.com) Received: from energistic.com (steve@localhost.energistic.com [127.0.0.1]) by energistic.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jA7NKeFI078733; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 18:20:40 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from steve@energistic.com) Received: (from steve@localhost) by energistic.com (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id jA7NKeZj075839; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 18:20:40 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from steve) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 18:20:40 -0500 From: Steve Ames To: ray@redshift.com Message-ID: <20051107232040.GA31849@energistic.com> References: <436FD8B3.8060808@csilva.org> <3.0.1.32.20051107150725.00b025f8@pop.redshift.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20051107150725.00b025f8@pop.redshift.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS,TW_CZ,USER_IN_WHITELIST_TO autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on energistic.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Carlos Silva aka |Danger_Man| Subject: Re: Backup methodes X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 23:20:48 -0000 I've used rsync if your goal is to keep a backup reasonably up to date since you don't need to recopy all of the data at every backup. On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 03:07:25PM -0800, ray@redshift.com wrote: > At 10:44 PM 11/7/2005 +0000, Carlos Silva aka |Danger_Man| wrote: > | Hi, > | > | what is the best method to backup network information and local disk > | information with another disk? > | > | regards, > | > | carlos silva, > > Depends on how much info and if you can take the machine out of production. For > most stuff, I use tar -czf or something along those lines (e.g. to move > directories or backup important information on servers). If you have a 120GB > hard drive you need to make an exact copy of, I usually pull it from the machine > (if it's not in production) and use a diskology IDE cloner to make an exact backup. > > Another method is to stick a 300GB or 400GB drive into a USB enclosure and then > just plug that in and copy data that you need. > > You can also use tape drives, although I've never been a big fan of them myself. > Not with hard drives so cheap. Yet another option is to use a DVD burner and > back up 4 or 8GB's a time to something you can store off site. > > Anyway, hope that helps a bit :) > > Ray > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"