From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 13 01:05:36 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF4C16A4CE for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 01:05:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from neptune.atopia.net (neptune.atopia.net [209.128.231.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E61543D6A for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 01:05:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@atopia.net) Received: by neptune.atopia.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9DAF2426F; Thu, 12 May 2005 21:05:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by neptune.atopia.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B6EA426E for ; Thu, 12 May 2005 21:05:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 21:05:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Juszczak To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050512210337.U41972@neptune.atopia.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: backup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 01:05:36 -0000 Howdy, My server has an 18 gig drive in it. I'm looking to do incremental backups every night, where my entire /ext partition will be mirrored elsewhere (/ext is the only thing with anything special on it that would need to be recreated). I was thinking of either backing up to my home machine, which for the most part has a static IP (dynamic every 3-4 months), or getting an external hard drive. The server is a 1U. Does anyone have any suggestions, both for how to do this, and what kind of media to use? (External hard drive, tape drive, remote backup to my home machine, etc.) Thanks! Regards, Matt