On Thursday 18 September 2003 12:48 am, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 10:38:39PM -0700, Carla Schroder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Wednesday 17 September 2003 8:57 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > on Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 03:33:32PM +0200, Jasper Metselaar > > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have a Debian testing system and would like to make a backup > > > > (image) of it, so I can easily restore the system when I've messed > > > > things up.I searched through the list archives, but the messages I > > > > found are rather old.What's currently the best way to make an > > > > image of a debian system? > > > > My fave backup method is using Star and rsync, and backing up to > > another hard drive. It's fast and easy, and hard drives are so cheap > > you can have all the redundancy you want for not a lot of money. > > Online backups are convenient. They're not a persistant, redundant, > assured archive. > > What's your risk model? The fire / earthquake / hurricane / burglary / > disgruntled employee / vengeful ex having access to your primary system > and backup system sharing a site location will take out your primaries > and backups in one fell swoop. I've seen all of these scenarios. > <sniP> > > Nearline backups are well and good. They're not an assured archival > system. Don't kid yourself into thinking they are. >
All true. The question was about disk images and quick restores, not a complete disaster plan. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carla Schroder www.tuxcomputing.com this message brought to you by Libranet 2.8 and Kmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
