Re: Advice on external backup of a Linux server.

From: Rick Stevens (rstevens_at_vitalstream.com)
Date: 02/10/05

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    Arthur Pemberton wrote:
    [snip]
    >>
    >> You could even swap between a few external drives so that you have a
    >> USB drive in use, one on the shelf, one in the safety deposit box, one
    >> home, one in the car, etc. Get as crazy as you like. :-)
    >>
    > Interesting idea. However. What if something goes wrong in the chasis,
    > for example, power surge, all teh HDD's go? no?
    > The prob I have I have with the USB solution is that it requires user
    > intervention.

    ANY backup solution requires user intervention unless you're backing up
    to something offsite. You have to rotate your tapes, change CD-R or
    DVD-R or swap the hard drive (USB, firewire or hot-swap) and take the
    backup media off site if you want safety.

    If you leave the media near the system being backed up, you aren't
    secure. I recommend to clients that, whatever media they use, AT LEAST
    get a fire-rated document box (about $100) and put the media in it. If
    the building burns down or an earthquake occurs (both real possibilities
    here in Southern California), at least the backup will probably survive.
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