From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 13 18:29:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fedde.littleton.co.us (cfedde.dsl.frii.net [216.17.139.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8A1A37B405 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 18:29:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from fedde.littleton.co.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fedde.littleton.co.us (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g1E2TjD4032611; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:29:45 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200202140229.g1E2TjD4032611@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: Mark Edwards Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backup routine In-Reply-To: <7B9F4C1E-1F08-11D6-BE1D-000A278CC960@antsclimbtree.com> From: Chris Fedde Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:29:45 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:00:34 -0800 Mark Edwards wrote: +------------------ | - Is that a decent backup scenario? +------------------ I like it. I use something similar myself. +------------------ | - Is there a good reason I should use a tape drive instead? +------------------ Tape (or cdrw) has a lower margonal byte cost than disk drives but the conveniance factor is higher for hard drives. +------------------ | - Should I use something other than dump? I want to make as accurate a +------------------ I like dump too. I think it is easier to use than tar/pax/cpio et all. +------------------ | - Does it make sense to mount/unmount the backup HD as part of the backup | routine, so that it will not be evident to a hacker? +------------------ You might even consider writing to the block special device with out mounting at all. Good Luck. -- Chris Fedde To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message