Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:50:15 -0500 From: David Drum <david@mu.org> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User friendly and reliable backup solution Message-ID: <20001016225015.A36640@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010161458290.4610-100000@linuxpower.p00t.net>; from tduffey@wi.rr.com on Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 03:07:13PM -0500 References: <20001016131524.A25516@elvis.mu.org> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010161458290.4610-100000@linuxpower.p00t.net>
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Quoth Tom Duffey: > However, disaster recovery is the most important thing I need to deal > with right now. Furthermore, I need the ability to do complete backups > on removable media so a fairly recent copy of the systems can be taken > off site from time to time. OK, there are two different needs above. The first one is some kind of incremental nightly backup. For that I would suggest using amanda. Keep the number of levels low, though, close to 5, so that you do not have to trudge through a large number of tapes in order to reconstruct a filesystem. The second need is more archival in nature. For that I would just suggest running dump manually on an as-needed basis, and sticking the tapes in a safe-deposit box at the bank, or such. Where they go is up to you. If you are super paranoid, a bank won't do. Both environmental and accessibility issues would rule it out. > Again, what I'm looking for is reliability and an easy restore process so > that if a drive blows up and I'm unable to make the two hour drive to > repair the damage, someone who is by no means ignorant, but just hasn't > had much experience with FreeBSD can fix the hardware and restore the > system completely. Amanda is pretty easy to use via step-by-step instructions. Regards, David Drum david@mu.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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