On-line storage backup options

From: Rob O'Donnell <classiccmp.org_at_irrelevant.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Sun Nov 16 09:18:26 2003

At 10:06 16/11/2003 -0500, Richard A. Cini wrote:



> On an unrelated note, I'd like to automatically mirror the
> information on
>the RAID to a cheap 40gb drive (because I'm too lazy to mount the tape and
>do a backup). I have some server-oriented backup probrams but they don't
>allow you to backup to a file -- you can only back up to a physical tape
>drive. Any thoughts on this?

I know the later versions (9.0+) of Vertias (ex Seagate) Backup Exec will
allow your to backup to a file, as well as to tape. This can be scheduled
to run automatically at a given time, and operated in the same manner as a
tape backup.

Not sure of the price of it (is not cheap) but you can donload a copy off
fhtier website, and I know they offer a free 30 day trial of it.

Personally, I use FreeBSD on my server, and a ruby script called "pdumpfs"
that copies everything over to another disc each night, using hard links
for unchanged files, so it only takes up more disc space for files that
change...

Rob.
Received on Sun Nov 16 2003 - 09:18:26 GMT