On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 08:55 -0500, Leonard Isham wrote: > I'd check to see if Mondo Rescue supports DVDs. > > http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/ > It does. I use it on a server with about 22GB of data, and it is capable of making a bare-bones backup to create bootable media that will easily do a full usable restore to a blank drive My approach is to have mondo do the backup to .iso files on a different server. Then burn the DVDs when the backup is complete. I burn a full backup monthly to DVD, and a differential backup weekly to CD. Seems to fit my needs well for that system. > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:39:19 +0100, A. Lanza <alf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I'm looking for a solution to backup data on a server on a monthly > > basis. The amount of data to be backed up is about 20 GB. I do not have > > any tape drives but have a DVD drive. I'd like to store the backups on a > > few DVDs. > > > > I use tar to get the complete backup done. How can i split the file in > > 4,7 GB. individual files and record them on DVDs? > > > > Is there a better way to manage backups? I'm sure there is, but don't > > know :( and i haven't found any backup tool in FC3... > > > > I'd appreciate your help, [reply reorganized for readability] > I'd check to see if Mondo Rescue supports DVDs. > > http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/ > It does handle DVD along with tape, files, CDs, and more. I use it on a server with about 22GB of data, and it is capable of making a bare-bones backup to create bootable media that will easily do a full usable restore to a blank drive My approach is to have MondoRescue do the backup to .iso files on a different server. Then burn the DVDs when the backup is complete. I burn a full backup monthly to DVD, and a differential backup weekly to CD. Seems to fit my needs well for that system. > > Alf > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > -- > Leonard Isham, CISSP > Ostendo non ostento. >
