Re: dd or cp over network: should I use scp?
On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:27:20 -0600
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 24 February 2011 16:10:09 Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Jo, 24 feb 11, 16:33:09, Celejar wrote:
> > > Certainly - but my advice stands for typical, general purpose desktops,
> > > laptops and servers.
> >
> > I doubt typical, general purpose desktops and laptops (yes, I omitted
> > servers) are using /var/spool/mail or /var/spool/cron/crontabs
>
> Having a couple of user cronjobs around is pretty normal for me. And while
> remote mail is optional, I consider a system that can't deliver local mail to
> be incomplete.
>
> There's also other stuff under /var I use. PostgreSQL databases for one.
And various software keeps stuff under /var/lib - kismet, bluetooth.
> NB: I don't keep backups. I know I should, but I don't. I gave up after
> calculating the size of the pile of DVDs I'd need to back up my 4TB file
Why not use HDDs?
Celejar
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