> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-> bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Arthur Pemberton > Sent: 18 April 2006 18:26 > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: What backup method(s) do you use? > > On 4/18/06, Benjamin Franz <snowhare@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > > > > > I would like to know what backup methods do you use for your data. So > > > far, I am aware of: > > > > > > - cp/scp > > > - rync > > > - rdiff-backup > > > - archiving and relocating (tar, gz, bzip2, zip) > > > > An in-house Perl script that uses rsync over ssh along with hardlinking to > > create a set of 8 daily, 5 weekly, 3 monthly and 2 quarterly backups in a > > set of directories that appear as full image backups on a dedicated > > machine while taking about the same disk space as a single full > > backup+diffs. It currently handles about 20 servers with around a > terabyte > > of data net. I've been using it for something like 5 years now. > > > > -- > > Benjamin Franz > > > > Sweet! > -- > As a boy I jumped through Windows, as a man I play with Penguins. > > -- Wow.. We also use a dedicated box with a Perl script and rsync/ssh, but we use 250G external USB2 disks encrypted with cryptoloop to allow secure offsite backups. USB drives are so cheap nowadays that they are a reasonable alternative to expensive tape drives, which never store as much as they claim to anyway. Chris L-F
