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Date:      Sun, 18 Jun 2000 02:22:10 -0400
From:      "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net>
To:        "Artem Koutchine" <matrix@chat.ru>, "The Clark Family" <res03db2@gte.net>
Cc:        "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Backup tools/strategy
Message-ID:  <200006180615.CAA20772@sanson.reyes.somos.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006171511380.38057-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net>

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On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 15:15:39 -0700 (PDT), The Clark Family
wrote:

>One of the BSD related websites had a feature about backing up to
>CDR. There are so many useful/fun things to do with a CDR/RW drive

CDRs are too small to be used as a primary backup.

>that tape is less and less attractive all the time.

In my opinion the best backup solutions right now are Hard
Drives and Rsync to a remote server.

IDEs are dirt cheap these days. In particular  5400rpm ones.
One can get those special enclosures to make them removable.

Pricewise two IDEs are probably about the same it would cost to
buy a tape drive and tapes.

Rsync to a remote location would work best for a well connected
site which has files that don't change often. There is also the
issue of having a remote site where to backup to.



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