backup systems.

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:52:36 -0400
Derek Martin <blu at sophic.org> wrote:

> Shipped with virtually every Unix flavor known to man are: tar, cpio,
> dump/restore, and dd.  All but the last suffice.  There's also amanda,
> and any number of other programs that you can turn up with a search on
> freshmeat or sourceforge.
Well said Derek. Rsync is also a useful tool. I prefer to keep a mirror
of my wife's Windows system. HD space is relatively inexpensive theses
days. Tape media is certainly one of the best ways to store a great deal
of data, but it is a pain to fetch small amounts of data. But, most
professional installations also store backups offsite and have disaster
recovery plans. 

The advantage of a backup package is that it keeps track of the backup
so that you can locate and retrieve information more conveniently.   For
a company like Castel, where you may have a lot of customer data, a good
backup package is probably a better solution. 
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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