Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 14:37:28 +0100 From: "Ahmed Benani" <ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re : Re : Is my backup system sane? Message-ID: <19991206133838.F133C14E5A@hub.freebsd.org>
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---------- >De=A0: "Ahmed Benani" <ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch> >=C0 : Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Objet=A0: Re : Is my backup system sane? >Date=A0: Lun 6 d=E9c 1999 1:32 > >STOP SENDING YOUR MESSAGES I RECEIVED MORE THAN 200 PER DAY AND I NEVER >SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR LIST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION >ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch >---------- >>De=A0: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) >>=C0 : freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>Objet=A0: Re: Is my backup system sane? >>Date=A0: Dim 5 d=E9c 1999 22:12 >> > >>Paul D. Schmidt <pds@uberhacker.org> wrote: >> >>> I do a level 0 dump at the end of the month >>> I then cycle through 4 (or 5 if necessary) "Sunday" tapes doing level 1 >>> backups >>> Then Monday-Saturday I do a level 2 backup to the proper tape for the d= ay... >> >>Well, it's not insane. ;-) >> >>Things to consider: Do you want to be able to restore previous >>system states? Like that file you deleted two weeks ago and now >>need again? Depending on how long an archive you want, you'll need >>to save an appropriate amount of old dumps (tapes). And remember >>that as soon as a level n dump is overwritten with a new one, all >>level >n dumps depending on it are invalidated. >> >>-- >>Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de >> >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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