Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:21:49 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: better disk reliability on a desktop machine Message-ID: <9645FE68-04AE-4B74-AB33-4746A609E317@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <42D80B5D.6060107@mac.com> References: <38171.1121430073@thrush.ravenbrook.com> <42D7EBDE.8030807@mac.com> <BC30FE72-677D-413E-AE10-7E8FB5356CB2@shire.net> <42D80B5D.6060107@mac.com>
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On Jul 15, 2005, at 1:15 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > >> On Jul 15, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: >> > [ ... ] > >>> Hard drives provide near-online backup, but only a single full >>> iteration. You can do incrementals to DVD or CD-RW or tape, and >>> keep many iterations handy, which is far more reliable. >>> >> If you use dump/restore you can do iterative backups to a spare HD >> as well... >> > > Sure. But a single spare HD is a single point of failure. Having > one tape per week or per month going back 10 or 100 tapes gives > much more redundancy.... Better yet -- using dump, backup to HD and then copy that dump file to tape or CD/DVD or another HD... I use 2 HDs and alternate which one I dump to each week. Chad > > -- > -Chuck > > --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net
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