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List:       inet-access
Subject:    Re: Tape Backup Software
From:       jp () sugar ! midcoast ! com
Date:       2000-10-30 17:51:55
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> Hi,
> We upgraded our backup hardware to a DAT plugged into one of our NT servers.
> We have also got some FreeBSD servers we would like to backup. Given the
> operating  characteristics of NT (We need to backup the NT Registry), I
> assume the backup server would have to run on the NT machine and use the
> FreeBSD (Diablito) machines as clients. I donīt mean to start a religious
> war here but I just gotta ask: What solution are you guys using to backup
> your data? Any info will be highly appreciated.

I use rsync to do backups of our linux machines over the network to
another building. Backing up everything to disk, since big IDE drives are
cheap and I can put upto 8 of them in a PC now (with a motherboard with
ATA/100 built in, 2 seperate pairs of controllers). Its easier and quicker
to retreive data from a disk than a tape, and tapes are more work
organizing, changing, and keeping track of. (unless you have one of those
really cool and expensive tape robot machines) 

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