Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 12:36:05 -0800 From: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do *YOU* do backups? Message-ID: <199511292037.MAA00559@precipice.shockwave.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 29 Nov 1995 15:22:46 EST." <Pine.3.89.9511291515.P2785-0100000@kryten.atinc.com>
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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> Subject: Re: how do *YOU* do backups? On Wed, 29 Nov 1995, Paul Traina wrote: > I scrogged my root partition the other day, and while it was pretty easy fo >>r > me to recover it, I had the opportunity to reflect on the fact that I have >>n't > been doing proper backups...so I went out and picked up a 2g tape drive. which 2gb tape drive....i am also in the market. conner scsi-2, "4000" series (4gb compressed, 2gb native), $515 at frys, it uses qic-3080 tapes, not DAT tapes, so the tapes are ~$30 each instead of $15/each, but that was ok, since I usually only rotate through 4 tapes at a time. dump....dump....dump.....read elizabeth zwicky's paper on torture testing backup programs. dump's defaults are dump^Hb but the damn thing just keeps working. the paper is at ftp.sage.usenix.org/pub/usenix dont remember which directory ;(( will do, she's an old friend of mine, so I can ask her if I can't find it. Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG play go. ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life i am moving to a new job. PLEASE USE: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG where are you moving to?
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