Journaling file systems revisited

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

If I had DLT, I would probably bacl up to that. I have found that backing 
up to a separate HD is very reliable.I've had more problems with tapes. The 
most reliable is CD-R, but that has limited space. 
In a commercial environment, I would back up to a reliable removable media 
and store it offsite. 
On 9 Aug 2002 at 10:45, Chris Tresco wrote:

> Another thing to consider... Backups are first and foremost meant to
> safeguard your important data.  Why would you backup to a media type
> (ext3/reiser in this case) that is less reliable than your current
> configuration??  I understand that it gives redundancy, but wouldn't you
> just feel better knowing your data was backed up on a proven fs?  An
> extreme example would be choosing floppies over DLT if price were no
> issue.  Go with the reliable media I say.

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