On Sun, 2005-12-06 at 15:54 -0700, Ian McKinnon wrote: > Hi all, > This may be a little off topic (not directly related to FC) but I do need a > little advice for my FC server. > > I have been searching for a backup method for my personal server (files, > mysql). As I am currently a student, and cannot afford a tape backup system > I would like to backup to the DVD-R / RW drive I have in my server. > > Is this a feasible idea? I have seen that there is at least one commercial > product that will backup to optical media, but unfortunately I have to slosh > through multiple pages of people wanting to copy DVDs (for archival purposes > of course) on their Linux systems just to find a nibble or two. Is there > anything available through yum or apt already for FC? > > Does anyone have any practical experience in this?? What are your own > experiences? > > Thanks, > > Ian We have switched to using rsync on external firewire drives. It is fast and works well, external SATA is also available now and may be worth looking into.
