* Denis Cardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060405 11:32]: > Hi Chris, > > But now, although I am using RAID1, if I were to loose their homes, it > > would be a major disaster. I am backing up onto a tape but that is > > gets filled up very fast. > > > > What solutions have been tried out? > > I've heard about using terminals' HD to backup data. Is this a good idea? > > I advise you a disk to disk (to tape eventually) solution. It is much > faster and does not need human intervention. The best is to have a > backup server (a new RAID1 card in an good'old box will do) in a > separate facility or a remote site (in case of thief or fire) and use > rsync for data synchronisation. Then you may use a diff tool like > rdiff-backup to be able to go back in past.
the usual method is to do both in best case: have disc2disc backup for fast backups and recovery and tapes to take somewhere else in case the server burns or gets stolen. With just disc2disc in most cases you do not have a very long backup history - so in case a user wants back a file deleted some weeks ago in most cases won't be possible (depends on the size of discs in your backup server of course). HTH, Steph. ------------------------------------------------------- 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&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
