Kevin Otte wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 09:32:00AM -0400, Owen Berry wrote: >> I would classify it as delayed remote raid. :-) Not a backup, but useful. > > Very useful. >
Quite useful, but still scary :). > I have a cron job that does this via rsync with SSH keys every night. Disks > are cheap. The script is simple. While it may not qualify as a full backup > to the "enterprise" geeks here, it definitely saves some serious headache. The first rule to follow to greatly improve the quality of a backup is to seperate the read/write mechanism from the media. I use hard drives for backups myself, but only for short term. DVD burners and media are quite cheap (at least 4x media is cheap, probably 8x by now). I trust my mirror plus my extra backup drive with my data for about a week to a month, usually (My backup drive is sized right that it can be wiped and used as a spare for the mirror). I might be more paranoid if I didn't mirror my revision control repositories to my web space and usb drive, though. :) Anywho, I am babbling. All I am trying to say is that if you really want to keep your data safe, you can get a 60 dollar DVD burner and a 100 disc spindle for less than a hard drive and USB enclosure. The capacity is not the same, but most people don't actually have 4.3 gig of data that actually needs to be backed up. Pat
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