From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 6 5:42: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monterosa.urbanet.ch (monterosa.urbanet.ch [195.202.193.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F388F1541A for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 05:42:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch) Received: (qmail 6783 invoked from network); 6 Dec 1999 13:41:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?195.202.204.137?) (195.202.204.137) by monterosa.urbanet.ch with SMTP; 6 Dec 1999 13:41:59 -0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh - 4.01 (295) Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 14:40:51 +0100 Subject: Re : Re : Re : Is my backup system sane? From: "Ahmed Benani" To: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <19991206134201.F388F1541A@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ---------- >De=A0: "Ahmed Benani" >=C0 : Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Objet=A0: Re : Re : Is my backup system sane? >Date=A0: Lun 6 d=E9c 1999 14:37 > > >---------- >>De=A0: "Ahmed Benani" >>=C0 : Christian Weisgerber , >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 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 = day... >>> >>>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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message