[gtaSAGE-members] backup client

[Robert Brockway]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Duane Bedeau wrote:

> Well I suppose this is out of context but this isn't what you guys may
> think!  This is for home personal use... I'd like to stick a tape in,
> spike up the backup process (which is 99% of the time going to be a full

You can really extend the life of your tapes by doing only periodic full
backups.  I only do full backups (level 0 dump) once per month on my home
systems with level 1 and 2 dump at 10 day intervals, and level 5 dumps
each other day.  I designed this to reduce the amount of backing up that
occurs (saves media, and is faster) and the expense of a longer full
restore time (however full restores are catastrophic events and so are by
their nature, far rarer than backups).  I have instituted systems like
this at work places as well, and they have worked well.  This is only a
quick overview of the system I used but I'd be happy to expand on it.

Rob

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