From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 28 01:12:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB63316A400 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:12:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xrayv19@yahoo.com) Received: from web58115.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web58115.mail.re3.yahoo.com [68.142.236.138]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6961E13C489 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:12:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xrayv19@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 14501 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Apr 2007 01:12:06 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=ptiPK8pQWGVnJ31KE1ebbm3d1IWjFzmgdBi+Q5OHvYwz5EXbVg5FMsz2oET4dFpWNNj7DpKFiWOYWTVtZ4UhhdIR+Qutzq6v9oGhZ6r8ssOKLld6A7KIP8l/9t70eHaHIx0argZK2B2yS9TWAZyhp1VRYaqJ7MfKrL8+NIqKtSg=; X-YMail-OSG: wdLnV.0VM1l7jVzCk1JIBUWz_SDRFSmi2hMWSZEbTuLrF3Nh1E.K7E0JGI_t4xJSETp8uSFNPGO8RxEjiB4o3wTFMg-- Received: from [131.191.24.2] by web58115.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:12:06 PDT Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:12:06 -0700 (PDT) From: L Goodwin To: Robert Huff , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <17966.31696.836044.479917@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <434177.14218.qm@web58115.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Backup media choices for FreeBSD servers 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: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:12:07 -0000 --- Robert Huff wrote: > > L Goodwin writes: > > > The USB drive option is interesting. I know thumb > drives are not > > considered a good long-term storage solution, but > for daily > > backups, I could rotate a couple of 2GB+ USB > drives (until data > > grows too large). > > And if you've been retiring undersize IDE drives to > a back room.... Yes, I have a few of those, but I'm looking for an offsite storage solution. Good idea, though! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com