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Re: Backup schecduling



on Fri, May 18, 2001 at 12:08:55AM +0200, Miquel Mart?n L?pez (miquel@casal.upc.es) wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am trying to decide on backup schecduling and have several things in
> mind. My system is on a main hard disk, and backups are made by
> copying this HD to another (equal sized) one. 
> 
> Now, the point is I have one main HD and 2 backup HD, and have two
> criteria:
> 
> a) Backup every one or two days, alternating the backup disks, so that
> the oldest backup is max 4 days old, and the newest is just 2 
> 
> b) Backup every one or two days with the same backup disk, and make
> weekly backups with the other one.
> 
> As you see, it's a compromise between having updated backups and
> having the time to realize problems or intrusions.
> 
> So, just wondering, what do you do/suggest?
> Thanks!
> Miquel Martín


Buy tape.  Barring that, CDR.

What's your recovery objective?

    http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html

Cheers.

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