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usb2.0 external hard drive has to be feasible. less than a $100 for 80gb. |
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nominal 60MB/sec. |
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usb2.0\1394b external hard drive. less than $300 for 300 gb. nominal |
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60MB\80MB/sec. |
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----- Original Message ----- |
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From: "Brett Johnson" <brett@××××.com> |
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To: <gentoo-amd64@l.g.o> |
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Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 9:28 AM |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work |
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> On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:23:56AM +0000, Gavin Seddon wrote: |
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>> The Fedora is 2.4 kernel which I will migrate to today and if this |
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>> doesn't solve my probs. I will swap my scsi controller. If I remove my |
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>> tape, what should I do with it? (don't be rude) |
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>> I have been obsessed with backups since the time when I lost 2/3 of a |
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>> book and had to spend eternity recreating. Any 'better' removable |
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>> storage device suggestions are welcome. Bearing in mind it needs to |
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>> hold ~15Gb and a removable hd isn't feasible. |
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>> Gav. |
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> I am not sure what you're saying about migrating and removing the tape. |
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> If you mean you're going to install Fedora (2.4 kernel), then I would |
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> assume your tape drive will work fine. It appears that your scsi card is |
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> not fully supported in the 2.5/2.6 kernel. |
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> If you're looking for alternate solutions to use with gentoo/2.6 kernel, |
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> then I would suggest investing in a new scsi card. The tape drive and |
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> cable should be fine (assuming proper maintenance of the tape drive). |
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> I personally have moved away from tape for smaller data sets ( < 100GB |
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> ), as tape has some issues. First, you need to keep the tape head clean |
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> and second tape media has a limited useful life span. I have been |
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> burned a couple times by defective tape media in a restore situation. |
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> |
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> If an external hard drive is out, how about removeable hard drives? |
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> Remeber, the point of a backup is just to keep the data in multiple |
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> places. You can easily add a removeable drive cage to a system and |
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> purchase a couple extra caddy's. This way you can alternate between 2 |
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> or 3 removable hard drives for backup devices. Some removeable trays |
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> support key locks, in case you're worried about physical security. |
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> The method I use is the dar program in conjunction with cdrecord-prodvd. |
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> I create a full backup monthly, then create a weekly incremental against |
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> the full backup, and then daily backups against the weekly. This method |
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> only requires me to burn multiple dvd's once a month (as my monthly |
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> backup is in excess of 20GB). After that, I get away with one extra dvd |
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> per month (ymmv). For a recovery scenario, I may have to go through |
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> multiple restores to bring the system current, but thats a trade off I |
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> make to save on media. |
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> Those are just a few ideas. There are many other ways to backup data. I |
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> believe there is even an online service you can sign up for, and back up |
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> to their servers. IIRC you pay by the backup size in 10GB increments. |
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> Backup solutions are unique to each enviroment and use. |
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> Things to consider are; hard costs of backup hardware and media, time |
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> required to perform backup and does data have to be taken offline, ease |
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> and automation of backup, time required to restore data, ease and |
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> automation of restore, and physical storage of backup media (it doesn't |
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> do you any good to keep all your backups in the same building as the data |
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> if the building burns down). I am sure there are other factors too, this |
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> is just to give you an idea of things to think about when trying to |
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> come up with a new backup solution. |
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> Brett |
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