>> [snip] >> > 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. > > With the home domain, I use rsync for daily backups, and "whole > system" dump to USB drive for (PGP-encrypted) off-site backup.
OK, I am seeing a pattern here. =) Thank you for the replies.
