----- Original Message ----- From: "John Pettitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Damien Hull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 3:02:01 PM GMT -09:00 Alaska Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup to CD, DVD, USB Drive
Damien Hull wrote: > Here's my situation. > 1. Workstation > 2. Laptop > 3. 3 - 4 Servers > > Backup Server > 1. 750 GB of data storage ( - OS ) > 2. Software RAID 1 > > Data > 1. Currently have about 200 Gigs to backup > 2. May have an extra 100 Gigs or more to backup in the future > > I like the fact that BackupPC creates smaller backups with hard links. That > will save me if my data storage needs are more then I expected. Assuming the > hard links work in my case. > > What I would like to do is off site storage. In the past I've backed up to > DVD and USB drive. Is this possible? > > I'm also looking into Bacula. > > Backuppc will let you create archives of any host (tar files) which you can store offsite as you were before. I've found the best offsite solution for me (currently a 782GB backup volume) is to use dump to copy a snapshot of the backup file system to one of a pair of external USB drives that I store off site. You can get a 1Tb external drive for about $250 now and having tow that I rotate gives me a backup of last resort (basically fire/natural disaster insurance) for $500. John Sounds like a nice solution. I was going to use rsync but now that you mention it tar sounds like a nice option. That would allow me to copy the tar file to a USB drive. Hmmm.... BackupPC or Bacula? More research is needed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
