> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: g...@slsware.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Back up routines >Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:01:00 -0600 > >>On 7/26/09 11:48 AM, AG wrote: >> >>> Generally I have relied on the separate partitioning of my /home >>> directory as some measure of protection against hosing my system >through >>> pebkac-type activities, but this is not necessarily the most >reliable of >>> options and certainly won't help in the case of a catastrophic >HDD-failure. >> >>It won't help with accidental deletions in /home, either. >> >>> Thus, can I please have a few recommendations for a backup routine >that >>> is safe for dummies (i.e. me) and is low maintenance that I can >just >>> leave to run according to a cron job once (or twice) a week? It >would be >>> backing up to my former IDE HDD (now in an enclosure) via an USB. >It >>> would be best if the application was able to tell what has changed >>> between backup sessions to back up only that which is new, but >perhaps >>> that is the default anyway. >>> >>> Any recommendations please? >> >>There are 10M ways to backup. A lot of the decision process has to >do >>with cost. >> >>I use amanda cron jobs every other day, and write to tape >(expensive, >>not real fast, but very reliable). But I hear amanda will do disk >now. I >>like amanda because it's been around long enough to get the bugs >out, >>it's free, and it writes with tar or dump -- plain old *nix >utilities, >>so things are recoverable by hand if worst comes to worst. >> >>Backuppc and Backula (sp?) are also well respected. Rsync can do a >good >>job, too. Also all free. >> >>You might want to consider whether or not you want to keep old >versions >>of things around, in case you change your mind about a mod. And if >you >>do want to keep them, how long? That can get more complicated, but >it >>can be well worth the trouble. And expense. >> >>And if files have been deleted on the master, do you want the BU >system >>to delete from the backup as well? >> >>And one more thing, be sure to verify what been copied. An >unverified >>backup isn't a backup. Usually costs nothing but time and wear on >hardware. >> >>-- >>Glenn English >>g...@slsware.com >> I use backuppc for both incrementals and fulls. It also backs up my wife's win*&* machine Larry >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org >> >>
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