On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 07:00:37 -0500 "Penbrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For backups is RAID the best way to go? For this server it is > more important to be able to restore the data then to have the > system back up and running in seconds. I hear allot of people > saying to just make the second drive an image of the first and > then run an hourly cron job to copy the/home/ directories?
yes - best locally *AND* to "warm standby" backup servers (placed at different locations spread over the campus) that is mirroring the data and performing its own backup. See http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ for ideas of HD-based backup/mirror. Bye Volker Tanger ITK Security -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
