Date: 6 Apr 2007 00:26:14 -0000 From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: vss@73rus.com Subject: Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server Message-ID: <20070406002614.75448.qmail@simone.iecc.com> In-Reply-To: <46157E90.1070102@73rus.com>
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>I'm looking for an external backup solution for my FreeBSD file server. >I want it to be pluggable via USB interface (I'd share it with a couple >of servers). I'd also like to be able to move backups to an off-site >storage, so external HDD won't probably work for me. My data size is >currently about 50G, but I expect it to grow to about 250G. My price >range is below $300. Get a couple of 150G USB disks. They work great, you can use dump/restore or just pax -r -w to copy stuff to the disks. I'm a big fan of offsite storage, so I actually have three USB disks. I leave two plugged into the computer so it can dump on alternate nights, and put one in my bank safe deposit box. Every week or so I take one of the two disks down to the bank and swap. R's, John
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