I think this is a good short list of questions to be answered by anyone asking the question asked by OP. It might also be useful to us all whenever/ifever we engage in a periodic review of our own backup practices. Ways of using computers can drift over time and practices should change to follow. Or discipline renewed?
I will keep it somewhere safe. On 20120203_220441, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 03/02/12 13:45, Gary Roach wrote: > > I have 3 computer running on Debian Squeeze. One has an unused hard > > drive that I wish to use as a backup disk for all 3 computers. Is there > > a simple way to do this that can be completely automated. > > > > Gary > > > > > Yes - there are a large number of ways. (as "apt-cache search backups" > will show you) > > Is there a particular box you wish to control the backups from? > Is it local? > Are you a GUI user or do you prefer the command line? > If the former - which desktop are you using? > > How often do you want to run backups? > How much space do you have to store backups? > How long to you intend to keep backups? > How big are the backups you plan on making? > > > Kind regards > > -- > Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ > > NOTE: new update available for Debian Buttons > (New button for querying Debian Developer Package):- > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/debian-buttons/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f2bbf49.5090...@gmail.com > -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120203155537.gb22...@big.lan.gnu
