Hi! On Thu Mar 20, 2003 at 10:59:40AM -0500, the boisterous Bob Paige <bobman@iname.com> wrote to me: > 1) what is better for backup, tape, or CD? (I already have a CD burner) IMHO tape, but it depends on cost, ... > 2) if tape, what is a good/inexpensive product to use? If have an inexpensive Seagate STD224000N aka Archive Python. Runs very good. > I did some googling and found Linux-Backup.net (and others). It appears > the state of backup for Linux is to use tar or afio and backup entire > images. I haven't found examples of backing up multi-GB archives that > span multiple tapes/CDRs. > > I'm imagining a baseline backup with periodic (maybe weekly, maybe more > often) incrementals. I can easily copy my relevant files (3GB+) to a > bunch of CDs, but then how do I keep track of newer backup copies that > should replace older versions? I am looking for software smart enough to > do this. Try amanda, very good network backup solution (http://www.amanda.org/). Of course, debian has packaged it. so long Thomas -- ___ Obviously we do not want to leave zombies around. _/___\ - W. Richard Stevens ( ^ > Thomas Krennwallner <djmaecki at ull dot at> / \ 1024D/67A1DA7B 9484 D99D 2E1E 4E02 5446 DAD9 FF58 4E59 67A1 DA7B (__\/_)_ http://bigfish.ull.at/~djmaecki/
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