I think Amanda is a front end for the standard UNIX "dump" command. This is good because you can read the backup files without need to install Amanda. Today I'm using a small Synology RAID box. All important files live on this RAID box and get mounted to other computers. So every computer has the same files on it. I never have to move data. Backups go to an external USB drive and to "Backblaze". I'd recommend Backblaze. The price is only $6 a month and they will keep an unlimited amount of data for you. They make it very easy to set up https://www.backblaze.com
Actually, if all you use is something like Backblaze you are good to go. But even they recommend having a good local backup also. The key is to AUTOMATE it so you never have to think about it. The second key is to periodically verify you know how to fetch and read the backups. On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 9:18 PM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sunday 05 April 2020 22:49:03 Sam Sokolik wrote: > > > I use clonezilla for imaging hard drives > > I've had amanda backing up everything on my local network, 5 machines > now, every night since around 1998. Once setup, all I have to do is read > the mail it sends me when its done. Using 1 big HD with daily > directories, I have 60 days to discover something is missing, and > recover it. Some genuine real people use it like the New York state dept > of health. CERN Lab. Been around for quite a long time now, it can reach > across the net and back up a machine 500 miles away, if you want it to. > That data will be encrypted in transit. > > Here, I have had a drive fail, gone to town for another, put a bare > install on it, fire up restore, and half an hour later the system as it > existed at roughly 3 AM this morning, is fully restored. Whats not to > like? > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020, 9:10 PM Glenn Edwards <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > All, > > > > > > I have EMC2 2.3.0 running on Ubuntu 8.04LTS and it is driving a > > > desk-top CNC machine. I know, pretty old stuff. But it is running > > > fine and I am starting a project that will last a month, or so. I > > > just noticed the hard-drive is making noise/vibration and wonder if > > > it will make it through. > > > > > > I think it would be great if I could make an image of the disk and > > > copy it onto another. That way I could swap it out quickly and > > > finish the project. Is this doable with an old OS? I have > > > everything from WinXp to Win10 and Ubuntu 8.04 to 16.04 running in > > > the shop, so I can use another computer to make and copy the disk > > > images. Any and all suggestions are welcome! Thanks. > > > > > > PS: I do have back-up CD's but I think it could take awhile to build > > > an old OS and old EMC2 software. Besides, all the OS libraries are > > > archived by now and could be hard to find. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > -- -- > > > Glenn > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
