Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 17:43:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net> To: Hank Wethington <bsd@info-logix.com> Cc: BSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: backing up Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007191730310.15470-100000@earth.wnm.net> In-Reply-To: <KFEIIDCJNHBCGLAFNMJIKEIJCIAA.bsd@info-logix.com>
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Hank Wethington wrote: > We expect about 5-8 gb of back up data on a full back-up. Unfortunately, the > site is over 3.5 hours away, so removing tapes or anything else is not > really an option except for maybe quarterly. That is actually why I'm > thinking along the lines of using a hard drive. Failure rates are lower, > transfer speeds are faster, and data retrieval is much quicker. > > Is it possible to back up to a hard drive? > It's perfectly possible and offers you a greater variety of backup options too. You can still use dump(8) with an archive on an HD, local or remote, just as you'd do with a tape. hth -ac -- ============================================================== Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 Author, The Book of IRC http://www.bookofirc.com/ ============================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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