This link will serve as a good "pivot point": http://www.backupcentral.com/ Regards, --djw > -----Original Message----- > From: Kent Schumacher [mailto:kent at structural-wood.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 4:06 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Backups in DataCenter > > > > > Duncan Shannon wrote: > > Hello List- > > > > We are growing our datacenter... We are at 3 servers now, > plan to add 3 > > more soon, and maybe up to 10 over the next year. > > > > We are trying to evaluate our backup options. Id like to > hear what the > > list has to say... > > > > We see: > > > > 1. copy some files nightly to a central server (that is out of the > > datacenter, but in the same building :) ) and burn them to > cd every now > > and then. Its about 70 gigs of data right now. > > > > 2. Put tapes on each machine, get lots of tapes. > > > > 3. Get a nicer tapedrive that can backup several machines > on one tape > > > > are there other options that we should look at? > > > > thanks > > duncan > > > > > You should have multiple backup strategies. Copying files to > a central server > is a good, relatively cheap, and very accessible way to back up files. > > You should also have a backup that can be taken off-site - > tapes work well for > this, you could also look at writeable DVD's. > > Be sure that if you go the tape route that you will be able > to read the tapes > if your tape drive is destroyed along with your data-center. > This used to be > a huge issue, probably just a check list item now. > > Implement a backup verification policy early on, and > periodically restore > files and images to see if it all works. It kind of sucks > when you are > looking at the smoking ruins of your servers to realize your > tape drives > haven't worked for the last six months (been there, done > that, happy I had a > secondary backup strategy...). > > Kent > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list