On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:11:07 -0700, you wrote: >Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 4:52:43 PM, Marc wrote: >> IBTD. Backups are to get a crashed system up again _FAST_. And this >> can be accomplished by dropping a single tape in. > > There comes a point where one loses more time restoring tape than from >recrating from scratch. > > Considering one can install a fairly robust system (FreeBSD, Debian) over >FTP/NFS in under an hour
If a broadband internet connection is available, yes. That doesn't apply to all sites. >and it takes 2-3 to go through a gig of data The DDS-3 tape drive we use can backup and verify about 2 Gig per hour. That compares to the throughput of roughly 4.5 Mbps. Since in Germany you can either have 2 Mbps or 34 Mbps (the latter costing about 5 KEuro per Month in line cost without even having it connected to an ISP). Thus, your approach is rarely applicable over here. >I would >much rather reinstall the programs and retrieve the relatively small data >(/etc, btw, is data). ack. I'd dispense with backing up /usr iff dpkg could re-install all packages that are known to be installed from /usr/state with a single call. btw, if you do it this way, /usr/local has to be considered data, too. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
