>>>>> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:58:42 +0200, Matija Nalis <mnalis+bac...@carnet.hr> >>>>> said:
MN> Of course, there are disadvantages too, especially if HDD is MN> connected all the time. Yep. But if you're gonna go the paranoid route you also need to consider fire and should be mailing your tapes/dvds/hard-drives to an offsite backup location as well. It's all about the trade-offs I agree. The good news is that in 20 years of unix work I've yet to type rm -rf /. MN> You may alleviate some of the issues by buying stack od external HDDs MN> and rotating them on/off-site, but that will again lose you the MN> convenience (and gets more pricey). I actually think there is a way to do a write-once mode to a HDD if you like too, but I can't remember where I saw that operation before. If nothing else, use dd and the right starting block number and treat it the same way you would a tape or DVD (IE, no real file system). MN> The main problem with DVDs however remains -- they are just too small MN> and too slow nowdays for anything but small sites... Don't forget fragile and subject to aging. But they do fit in a fire-safe nicely! -- Wes Hardaker My Pictures: http://capturedonearth.com/ My Thoughts: http://pontifications.hardakers.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users