Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:27:01 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net>, infofarmer@mail.ru Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Backup with dd? Message-ID: <p06200703bdff4a37fda1@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <39A542A8-5DBA-11D9-B56F-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> References: <F3972A63-5DB0-11D9-B56F-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> <200501031215450764.8ED18007@mail.intradyn.com> <0956A4C4-5DB5-11D9-B56F-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> <41D992FF.9070204@mail.ru> <39A542A8-5DBA-11D9-B56F-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net>
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At 1:03 PM -0600 1/3/05, Eric F Crist wrote: >On Jan 3, 2005, at 12:46 PM, Andrew P. wrote: > >>Eric F Crist wrote: >>> >>>You seem to be under the impression that I'm doing this for the >>>sole reason of a disk crash. I'm actually doing it for more >>>than just that reason. For example, if my system gets hacked, >>>most hackers will probably not care about an unmounted hard >>>drive, and screw with the current mounted partitions. [...etc...] >> >>Backing up with dd is ultimately straightforward, but is not a >>good idea at all. The matter is when dd is running, the source >>may be modified and the copy might be inconsistent. Software RAID >>should be the best option for your task: you can mirror a drive >>to a second one and then just plug the second one out of your >>computer. >> >>Best wishes, >>Andrew P. > >Is this vinum? Fairly difficult to setup, or is it straight-forward? >Before I delve into that, any setup recommendations? Software raid seems like a messy way to handle this, when all he wants is straight copies of the partitions. Much easier to mount and umount some destination-partition(s), than it is to unplug a hard drive. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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