[TriLUG] backup methodology

[Mike M]

On Thursday 20 February 2003 16:10, Jason Tower wrote:
> depends on what you are backing up to: tape, second internal disk, remote
> server on lan, ftp/rsync site on wan, etc.  

remote server on lan; burn CDs periodically is possible

> also depends on what the
> downtime/offline maximums are: overnight, an hour, five minutes, five
> seconds.  

3-4 am is best

> and finally how much data are we talking about: a couple of gigs
> or a couple hundred gigs?

couple of gigs

>
> jason
>
> On Thursday 20 February 2003 16:06, Mike M wrote:
> > What works best for backing up disks:
> >
> > A) tar everything; keep last N revisions
> > B) tar everything once every N iterations; tar incremental changes for
> > all other iterations
> > C) tar everything; keep everthing; space is cheap; labor is not
> > D) something else


-- 
Mike M.