Need Suggestions for Automated Backup

[Matthew Carpenter]

Not as cheap as CDR and not as expensive as tape, my preferred method is a
combination of RAID and live-drive-backups.  If you aren't familiar with
live-drive-backups, that's because I just made up the term.
But it's basically this:
* Install a non-RAID drive of large size (2+ times as big as that of being
backed up)
* Cron job tar/gzips or .zips the files to be backed up right to the other
drive.

If you want the redundancy of backups, RAID the non-RAID drive into a new
array.
Backups are not only for saving the current information but also restoring
lost, deleted, or corrupted data.
 $0.02
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chong Yu Meng" <chongym at cymulacrum.net>
To: <linux-users at linux-sxs.org>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:39 PM
Subject: Need Suggestions for Automated Backup


> Hi All,
>
> I'm going to be deploying another set of servers very soon and need to
> work out some kind of backup scheme for servers that will be running a
> database and several web applications.
>
> I know that most people use a tape drive and cron job to backup stuff.
> However, right now my budget is really tight, and I was wondering how
> good CD-ROM backups are. I haven't heard of anyone using it, and I'm
> wondering if it is because they are unreliable. I'm thinking of the
> following scheme:
>
> 1. Tar all files to be archived into a humongous file
> 2. Mount CDROM drive (with blank CD inside)
> 3. Copy humongous tar file to CD
> 4. Unmount CD
>
> All operations are to take place possibly around 4am local time.
>
> Regards,
> pascal chong
>
>
>
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