Re: Preferred Backup Method?
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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.
How much stuff? 50MB? 5GB? 500GB? 5TB?
How compressible is it? Text/MySQL files or MP3s and JPGs?
How important is it? Your own stuff, or a business' stuff?
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?
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?
Frequency? Nightly, weekly, every-other-day?
Retention? Keep backups for a month? Quarter? Year? 7 years?
Budget? Always a killer...
For a small business that has crucial data, I'd buy a bunch of
250/320/500GB drives and put them in firewire external enclosures.
Get a calendar and mark it Week 01 thru Week 53. With a Sharpie,
label the drives/enclosures:
Sunday A
Sunday B
Sunday C
...
Monday A
Monday B
.
.
.
Depending on how many weeks of retention you want, that's how many
letter of the alphabet you go up. Then, on the calendar next to the
week 01, write A
Week 02, write B
.
.
.
Week NN+1, write A.
That way I'd know which drive to use on which day.
As for backing it up, tar. Works like a champ.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
%SYSTEM-F-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels
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