> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Pritts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 5:49 PM > To: Kris Boutilier > Cc: backuppc list > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Best software to backup > BackupPC Server to tape > > On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 11:59:24AM -0800, Kris Boutilier wrote: > > and efficiently handles hardlinks. However, unless you're already > > fully committed tape may not be the optimal soloution. A better > > approach may be to locally attach another stack of cheap 500Gb SATA > > drives, {clip} > to the original poster, if you do decide to only do disk to > disk backups, make sure to remember that one of the things > you're protecting against is user error, where the backup > admin is the user. Make sure to protect yourself against the > possibility that you will fubar the online disks. >
Agreed, completely. Let me be a little clearer regards my comments - in a strategy involving backing up to other pools of online media, such as remote large disks, the information is not truly 'backed up' until those disks are offline, powered down and preferably unplugged in a vault somewhere. Nasty programs, electrical issues and even sleepy backup administrators can all conspire to harm online disks far more easily than offline disks or tape. :-) Kris Boutilier Information Services Coordinator Sunshine Coast Regional District ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
