>> As know one seems to have any other ideas, looks like it has to be
>> some rsynch variant using whatever cheap remote storage I can find. > > Seems kind of OT for this list, but since nobody else seems to > object... > > Two questions: Does it need to be remote, and why just the mail > spool? Why not the entire machine? > > I'm currently backing up my machine at home to a WD "My Passport" > USB > drive, doing a monthly full and nightly differential, using a script > that employs rsync. Each backup set looks like a full backup. Works > like a champ. I'm going to use the same script on the new mailserver > I'm building at work. > > I have two drives, which I swap once-a-month. The out-of-service > drive goes in the safe. At work I'll probably do three or four, with > at least one in the bank safety deposit vault. OK, rsync it is. Can you restore a system crash with a simple rsync backed set of duplicate files? And yes, sorry to the list about the OT topic Applies much appreciated.
