On Sun, 03 Sep 2000 23:53:36 PDT, Alvin Oga writes: >my favorite topic for "flame wars"....next to dns flames...
;-) >I like tar for backups.... > - and i dont worry about restore too much... > since if you need to restore...something else is probably > (seriously) wrong too > > - restoring a file from tape is too too painful... Hmm, restoring is a pita regardless from where ;-) . I have enough temp space to be able to do a full restore in case of trouble >since tapes are expensive compared to $100 for 20Gb of disks I agree that they´re not *that* much cheaper (at least DDS-2 tapes <-> large EIDE-disks) but a factor of 5 is a factor of 5 (90m DDS-2 tape (2GB) is about USD 2, eg USD 1/GB tape <-> USD 5/GB disk). Then there´s reliability (not a single tape has failed me in 7 years, but at least 10 disks have. and I have had *much* more tapes than disks). >I only use disks for backup of systems... > - disks backups are fast and can be almost hot swappable I don´t worry about speed, the box has all night ;-) . Also if I would like to have hot-swappable disk-backup _and_ at least 8 full backups, I´d have to buy 8 disks. And USD 1k is out of the question for me. My DDS-2 drive, refurbished, costs ~ USD 70... > - remember too that you have stuff on the original cdrom > so i rarely if ever backup /usr/X11R6 /lib etc..etc... I like *full* backups, no hassles, no problems with different versions etc pp. I simply do a full backup every week or so, cycling through (at the moment) 8 tapes. &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \ KPNQwest/AT tech staff | Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /
