[mythtv-users] OT: backing up to hard drive

[Brad Fuller]

Matthew Schumacher wrote:

>pmb wrote:
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>>This is totally off topic, but it probably applies to a lot of people
>>here who have too much data for tape backups.
>>I support a linux file server for a client that is fed up with using
>>tape backups and insists on setting up a back up to a hard drive. The
>>whole package will need to be idiot proof and easy to use.
>>I imagine many people on this list are already doing this.
>>Questions I have...
>>What software are you using? It seems like a simple tar or cp in a cron
>>job would do the trick.
>>What hardware are you using to provide hot swapable drives at a
>>reasonable cost? USB, SCSI?
>>How are you moving the drives offsite? It seems like just chucking a
>>bare drive in your car everyday will drastically reduce its life span.
>>Anybody have any experience with these
>>http://www.high-rely.com/index.cfm?action=products&group=3 ?
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>Ok, there is a really good way to do this, go look at:
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>http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/
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>Basically you can have a rotation that only consumes the size of the
>data plus change over the rotation period.
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that's what I use: rsync. Works well and is easy.
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