Re: [OT] Backup solutions - my preferences

2003-03-21 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 03:33:12PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > fun stuff... :-) Oh, yeah! > On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > Haven't used amanda, have you? Just set yourself up with a > > decent-sized holding disk and it's not a problem. (Your backups will > > yes... if one has th

Re: [OT] Backup solutions - my preferences

2003-03-21 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 10:02:58PM -0500, Bob Paige wrote: > >Haven't used amanda, have you? Just set yourself up with a > >decent-sized holding disk and it's not a problem. (Your backups will > >finish fast, too.) My amanda server at work can easily run a week's > >worth of backups without need

Re: [OT] Backup solutions - my preferences

2003-03-20 Thread Bob Paige
Haven't used amanda, have you? Just set yourself up with a decent-sized holding disk and it's not a problem. (Your backups will finish fast, too.) My amanda server at work can easily run a week's worth of backups without needing a tape, just saving it all up on the holding disk. Just be sure t

Re: [OT] Backup solutions - my preferences

2003-03-20 Thread Alvin Oga
fun stuff... :-) On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > i dont have time to play with tapes.. daily changing it.. > > - forget one day... and you're hosed > > Haven't used amanda, have you? Just set yourself up with a > decent-sized holding disk and it's not a problem. (Your backu

Re: [OT] Backup solutions - my preferences

2003-03-20 Thread Glenn English
On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 14:54, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 01:04:08PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > i dont have time to play with tapes.. daily changing it.. > > - forget one day... and you're hosed > > Haven't used amanda, have you? Just set yourself up with a > decent-sized

Re: [OT] Backup solutions - my preferences

2003-03-20 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 01:04:08PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > On 20 Mar 2003, Glenn English wrote: > > 1) tape - can easily back up the entire system (and a small network) > > 2) DDS - others are faster, but they cost more > > 3) amanda, amanda, and amanda - command line, cron-able, free, and very >

Re: [OT] Backup solutions - my preferences

2003-03-20 Thread Alvin Oga
On 20 Mar 2003, Glenn English wrote: > On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 08:59, Bob Paige wrote: > > > Questions: > > 1) what is better for backup, tape, or CD? (I already have a CD burner) > > 2) if tape, what is a good/inexpensive product to use? > > 3) what software works best? > > IMHO, > 1) tape - c