> Now, on a server, I use a USB hot swapable disk and put in as big a disk > as necessary and use backup2l, see http://backup2l.sourceforge.net/ (my > choice as it is written for disk backups). It keeps disk usage down by > updating the Full backup and keeping interim backups small by even > eliminating deleted files (configurable as to how many interims to keep > before another Full is done). I'll have to take a look at that. thanks for the link. > Have at LEAST 3 swapable disks because you > always want one off site. Disks are fast, so recovery is fast. > DO NOT believe you can easily 'just reconfigure' all the machines. How > much time do you spend a week tweeking them? this is an excellent point. people overlook how much time they spend configuring machines. the nice thing about remote-synchronizing backup schemes (like rsync-backup or rdiff-backup) is that they allow you to easily back up more than once a day. > One last tip, even fire proof paper cabinets will not protect tapes or > other media like this. > http://www.firecooler.com/ good link. will have to look into that. > May B paranoid, but have ALL needed files (yup, tested), > Don Nelson > http://appservers.us like Andy Grove said, only the paranoid survive... (and no, I don't often follow my own advice for my own data at home. having come close to losing it a few times, I've decided that it's not really the end of the world if I do; and it would be a good chance to start afresh. I'm not going to voluntarily blow it away tho. ;) ) Carl Soderstrom. -- Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list