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Will stick with 2.6 kernel and buy usb2 hard drive. |
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On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 10:45 -0500, Drake Donahue wrote: |
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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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> >> |
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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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> > gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list |
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Dr Gavin Seddon |
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School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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University of Manchester |
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Oxford Road, Manchester |
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M13 9PL, U.K. |
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