Hey Mr. Stone, Is it possible to see your backup and recovery scripts? You seem to know what your talking about. I'm sure I could learn something I haven't seen before or an administrator trick. :)
Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack L. Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "R. Zoontjens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 7:46 AM Subject: RE: restore question > At 04:32 PM 11.15.2002 +0100, R. Zoontjens wrote: > > > >Jack L. Stone wrote, > > > >> Hard disks, at least IDEs are really inexpensive. Why not just keep a > >> second or third HD on your machine(s) to do backups.....?? > > > >Environmental hazard... like fire e.g. or the server motherboard burns out, > >water damage, etc... > >I can take tapes to another location. I do not have the money to afford a > >hot-site :> > > > >Don't want my backups near something like this: > >http://www.radecom.nl/images/Fire.jpg > > > >Like the bible of backup/recovery says (Unix backup & recovery -- by Curtis > >Preston): > > > >1. Define (un)acceptable loss > >2. Back up everything > >3. Organize your backups > >--> 4. Protect against disasters > >5. Document > >6. test,test,test > > > > While that may have been the bible, common sense should apply and also > times change. Last time I looked Tape drives and tapes were very expensive. > HDs have become cheap, but until a year or so ago, they were not so cheap. > This changes the dynamics while that "bible" remains static.... > > One can buy a 80GB HD for less than $100.00. A 40GB for about $70.00. How > much do tape drives & tapes cost..??? I do have tape for quick offsite > removal..... BUT, that tape is NOT as current as having a HD backup every > day or even several times a day. We're not talking about disaster programs > here, but backups and restores expeditiously. > > Furthermore, I did not say one shouldn't use tapes too if they choose to. > Nor did I say I didn't keep backups offsite. One can never have too many > backups. But, if I want my CURRENT data to be backed up should my main HD > suddenly crash, I don't want to go looking for a tape backup to restore > that takes a long time and is not nearly as current. > > Moreover, take a look, now there are accessories that are like drawers that > hold your HD so they slip right in and out. Even have a handle on the > front. What is to stop one from pulling out a HD from the backup server > that has the server backups...???? > > If one doesn't have the budget for extra HDs, then other methods must be > used obviously.... > > Common sense + backup/restore program + budget = solution (probably left > something out of that quick equation). > > Best regards, > Jack L. Stone, > Administrator > > SageOne Net > http://www.sage-one.net > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
