On Feb 10, 2008 5:31 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jacques B. wrote: > > > >> I use dar to make archive slices of my data and then use the attached > >> script to burn and verify each slice to a DVD. The script also creates a > >> catalog file (that you can reference for future backups/restores), a parity > >> file for each slice and verifies the burn. I use cron to run this on a > >> daily basis and e-mail myself when it fails (so I can change the DVD and > >> the reference point to use the latest dar catalog file). This works well as > >> long as your daily backups will fit on one DVD or less. > > <snip> > > > > You criticized others for their solutions, yet yours also does not > > address his needs. You said "This works well as long as your daily > > backups will fit on one DVD or less." At first he was talking 1 TB, > > so definitely not 1 DVD. He then dropped to 50 GB, still a far, far > > cry from one DVD (unless blue ray), and said it would be monthly. > > 50 GB monthly would translate to less than 1 DVD daily. True. I had not thought of it as a daily backup. We don't know if that's what the OP wants to do, or a backup once per month in which case it would not work. I was left with the impression that this would be a monthly backup of 1TB, later dropped to 50GB, and ultimately dropped to 20-50GB. Because his very first posting had "to a set of DVDs", it lead me to believe that this would be a single monthly backup of that quantity of data. Not that amount of data spread out daily throughout a month. Jacques B.
