I'd like to add several laptops to my current configuration. I was
wondering what solutions people used for transient hosts. Ideally, the
main backup configuration (which handles workstations) would run in the
evening. The downside of this is that laptops are VERY rarely (if ever) on
the
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Richard Karnesky wrote:
3. Force users to backup to a server
If you have sufficient spare diskspace, let the user rsync from time to time to
this space. Then let Amanda backup this space, together with the other machines
that are always available.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
I'm beginning to investigate using external USB 2.0 / Firewire drives to
do backups of some systems. The idea is that we could keep 2-3 spare
PCs around, then if your computer is toast, we just ship it out for
repairs, plug your external drive into one of the spare PCs, and rebuild
the system
