On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:49:13AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 16/03/14 05:54 PM, Mr Queue wrote: > >Anyone doing anything interesting to backup data to DVD's? > > > >https://packages.debian.org/sid/dkopp > > > >^^ Looks interesting and overall it's a pretty simple task. Suppose > >I could even use tar and split but just curious what others may be doing > >currently. > > > >FWIW, I'm mostly concerned with cloning my current backups of family > >photos to different media for peace of mind. I already have a pair > >of backup servers in different physical locations but want to add some > >DVD's into the mix. Those are hard to rm. ;) > > I've been using BD-RE for years to make backups and BD-R for > archives. It works reasonably well providing that you're not backing > up more than 25G. BD-REs do develop problems over time so you need > to replace them when they wear out. > You can create tar files with a 25G limit if you want, using the --tape-length parameter. See http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Multi_002dVolume-Archives.html -Rob
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