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On 26/06/14 06:16, Dale wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:44:48 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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>>>> Install a simple forwarding MTA like ssmtp to have all mails from cron |
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>>>> and friends sent to your ISP mailbox. |
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>>> ... and when you find out please tell us: |
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> What I really need to do, set up a RAID or some other backup method so |
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> that even if this happens again, I don't risk losing anything. Then |
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> again, that will take time as well. Also takes money. |
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Repeat after me ... RAID IS NOT A BACKUP |
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There are many ways to do a backup - various raid forms, mirrors etc can |
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help in some (and only some) instances but only a spatially separated |
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copy of the data is relatively safe. |
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Have two computers? - cross backup between them. (keep an old machine as |
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a file server in the back room, start it up a couple of times a week and |
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run a backup script - can even be automated) |
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Have a friend/relative nearby? - take your PC over, create a backup and |
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then sync the differences across the net using rsync etc - most normal |
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people do fill up todays large disks, or have large "personal valuable |
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data" requirements. |
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You dont need to backup the whole machine, just the valuable bits |
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(configs, personal data, email archives, ...) |
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There are many ways to do it - if you only have one disk and no backups, |
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the data by definition is not valuable :) |
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Ive just been caught by an old 1G WD green drive failing (possibly the |
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MB's fault as the sata interface died as well - seen a few of those |
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now!) that took out the middle drive from a striped LVM. Didnt bother |
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to recover, just built a new machine from leftover bits, bought another |
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drive and rebuilt it using btrfs raid 1 on the two orignal WD 2G green |
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drives and a new WD red, and restored from backups on another machine - |
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over the years this type of event has happened a few times - you only |
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need to get burnt once to learn!. |
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BillK |