[ale] backup suggestions

[Jeff Hubbs]

Michael -

I'm presuming that by "back up" you mean copy server disk drive data such
that it can be taken far from the server.  Looks like you're left with IDE
tape, possibly Travan, and SCSI emulation.  Within-server disk-to-disk
transfers only protect you from a failed drive or RAID set and nothing more
serious.  

Yes, you could theoretically get removable carriers for IDE drives, but as
sensitive as those electrical connections are for ATA66/100, I have to
wonder - how many days of daily removal/insertion they can stand?

- Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Ball [mailto:timball at tux.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 4:08 PM
> To: atlanta linux enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] backup suggestions
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 08:05:30PM +0000, michael d. ivey wrote:
> > i need to backup between 5G and 15G of data.  i need to do 
> it cheaply.
> > i need to do it easily, with the possibility of a smooth 
> restore.  and
> > i don't have scsi or USB.  any suggestions on solutions you've used
> > and been happy with?
> 
> Buy extra 80G HD's... they're just cheap now, and fast... and 
> reliable.
> Tapes are slow (and not reliable), cdroms to small, dvd-rams to 
> expensive, flopticals are dead, zips are useless (until they 
> click then
> you can use in mobils).
> 
> Buy another ide-controler (doesn't ahve to be fast) and a pile of
> drives... software raid5 and be done w/ it (use xfs and never fsck
> either!) 
> 
> --timball
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