From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 18 14:36:06 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 562DA106566B for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 14:36:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: from mx1.identry.com (on.identry.com [66.111.0.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC69A8FC14 for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 14:36:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: (qmail 73117 invoked by uid 89); 18 May 2009 14:36:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.110?) (jalmberg@75.127.142.66) by mx1.identry.com with ESMTPA; 18 May 2009 14:36:34 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) In-Reply-To: <20090518135711.GB99336@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <26face530905170912m3ca8b762nd0cfadc7db34da6f@mail.gmail.com> <20090518135711.GB99336@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Almberg Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:36:02 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Subject: Re: Backing up FreeBSD and other Unix systems securely X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:36:06 -0000 > > Is there any possibility of using your own media locally - such as > tape or a large USB attached disk? If security is such a primary > concern, I can't see sending the data to that type of offsite thing. > > Get a couple of large USB SATAs and use dump(8) to back the stuff up > on them. Write them encrypted if you need. I'd have to agree with this... After looking at a lot of options, I ended up building a simple freebsd server and connected it to my main server on a separate ethernet port via a twisted ethernet cable. Thus, the server and backup server had a 'private', high speed connection and I can pump tons of data through that connection without paying my colo provider for that bandwidth. A whole server, rather than a USB drive might be overkill, but its a little more flexible, and I can use the backup server for a DNS server, and a few other things, as well. -- John