Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:46:30 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup solution for home FreeBSD server Message-ID: <4615ECC6.3060801@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070406002614.75448.qmail@simone.iecc.com> References: <20070406002614.75448.qmail@simone.iecc.com>
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John Levine wrote: >> 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 Have you also considered tape backup as well as standard disks? Tapes are a bit more expensive, but overall a more static backup / archiving solution than disks. Besides, they're cheaper in the long run from what remember. Cheers, -Garrett
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