Re: Back up routines
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>---- Original Message ----
>From: ghe@slsware.com
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: Back up routines
>Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:01:00 -0600
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>>On 7/26/09 11:48 AM, AG wrote:
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>>> Generally I have relied on the separate partitioning of my /home
>>> directory as some measure of protection against hosing my system
>through
>>> pebkac-type activities, but this is not necessarily the most
>reliable of
>>> options and certainly won't help in the case of a catastrophic
>HDD-failure.
>>
>>It won't help with accidental deletions in /home, either.
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>>> Thus, can I please have a few recommendations for a backup routine
>that
>>> is safe for dummies (i.e. me) and is low maintenance that I can
>just
>>> leave to run according to a cron job once (or twice) a week? It
>would be
>>> backing up to my former IDE HDD (now in an enclosure) via an USB.
>It
>>> would be best if the application was able to tell what has changed
>>> between backup sessions to back up only that which is new, but
>perhaps
>>> that is the default anyway.
>>>
>>> Any recommendations please?
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>>There are 10M ways to backup. A lot of the decision process has to
>do
>>with cost.
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>>I use amanda cron jobs every other day, and write to tape
>(expensive,
>>not real fast, but very reliable). But I hear amanda will do disk
>now. I
>>like amanda because it's been around long enough to get the bugs
>out,
>>it's free, and it writes with tar or dump -- plain old *nix
>utilities,
>>so things are recoverable by hand if worst comes to worst.
>>
>>Backuppc and Backula (sp?) are also well respected. Rsync can do a
>good
>>job, too. Also all free.
>>
>>You might want to consider whether or not you want to keep old
>versions
>>of things around, in case you change your mind about a mod. And if
>you
>>do want to keep them, how long? That can get more complicated, but
>it
>>can be well worth the trouble. And expense.
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>>And if files have been deleted on the master, do you want the BU
>system
>>to delete from the backup as well?
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>>And one more thing, be sure to verify what been copied. An
>unverified
>>backup isn't a backup. Usually costs nothing but time and wear on
>hardware.
>>
>>--
>>Glenn English
>>ghe@slsware.com
>>
I use backuppc for both incrementals and fulls. It also backs up my
wife's win*&* machine
Larry
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