-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 04:04:47PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/04/07 15:09, Michael Pobega wrote: > > What is d-u's preferred method of backups? Now that I'm running servers > > on my system (Apache, MySQL, SSH, etc.) I need to find a good method of > > backing up, because no matter how much security someone has things may > > still go wrong. > > > > So list your preferred methods of creating/restoring backups and the > > pros and cons. Thanks! > > *Much* more information needed. >
Sorry, I wasn't thinking. > How much stuff? 50MB? 5GB? 500GB? 5TB? > 80GB HDD. It isn't full, of course, but that's the maximum (Currently about 45 GB) > How compressible is it? Text/MySQL files or MP3s and JPGs? > I wouldn't know the answer to that questions. > How important is it? Your own stuff, or a business' stuff? > It's pretty important; It's my own stuff, it has all of my school work, programming work, pictures, videos, and configuration files on it. > How big of a window do you have to back it up? 30 minutes at 23:15, > and you're fired if it goes past midnight? All night between 17:30 > and 07:30? > A weekly night-backup would be my preferred method. > How often will the lusers will "Michael, this stupid computer ate my > work. Bring it back!!" (Meaning, of course, that they > stupidly/carelessly deleted/overwrote it.) If it's a database, will > the developers want regular copies restored for testing? > It's just my own stuff...The odds are probably low of someone deleting my work by accident, but better safe than sorry. > Frequency? Nightly, weekly, every-other-day? > Weekly. > Retention? Keep backups for a month? Quarter? Year? 7 years? > I'd probably keep backups for two weeks, so I've have two backups at any given time. > Budget? Always a killer... > I have another laptop sitting around with a 60GB HDD; Could I use that as a backup? Otherwise all I have is a 4GB pendrive and no money (But I could get my hands on an 80GB External HDD easily) > As for backing it up, tar. Works like a champ. > Just `tar -cvvf backup-`date`.tar /`? Is it really that simple? - -- If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHVdKEg6qL2BGnx4QRAs9uAJ9STt5F9kBG9CZL1IjesuSc/nZHagCglFJp 7SSfnWNLjPCWVLW5oWG3Uno= =v/Oy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
