From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 24 20:30:21 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 74F6916A400 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:30:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FFBC13C457 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:30:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3OKUJMT018670; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:30:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 63713B854; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:30:19 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:30:19 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: L Goodwin Message-ID: <20070424203019.GA26551@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: L Goodwin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070424155710.GA18380@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <799346.31945.qm@web58107.mail.re3.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <799346.31945.qm@web58107.mail.re3.yahoo.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 20:30:21 -0000 --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 01:03:34PM -0700, L Goodwin wrote: > Forgot to mention that off site storage is a priority.=20 Please don't top-post. =20 > The USB drive option is interesting. I know thumb drives are not > considered a good long-term storage solution, but for daily backups, I > could rotate a couple of 2GB+ USB drives (until data grows too large). I would get one with a real harddisk instead of a thumbdrive. More capacity and probably a longer life. Using USB drives, there might be a way to completely automate backups. Using devd(8) it should be possible to detect that one of your backup disks is being plugged in. This can then start a script to mount the disk, perform the backups, unmount it and give the user a signal on the console, or audible, that he can take the USB drive out. If you're going to use thumbdrives, think about security. Such small devices are easily lost or stolen. Either encrypt the individual backups with programs like ccrypt(1) or gnupg(1), or use an encrpyted filesystem layer like geli(8). > Thanks to all for your experience, ideas and suggestions! You're welcome. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGLmjbEnfvsMMhpyURAtqdAJsGmZUJccvkTFLz+awIESD/grZgrwCeJn8p rSh4XwVX/AeQf7gKSp3tH/s= =tYch -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+--