On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 05:52:19PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/14/09 15:04, Mike McCarty wrote: > [snip] > > > >This is also much more expensive, if one is doing real backups. > >A real backup (as opposed to simply a second copy nearby) is > >stored off site. So, one would need to rotate external discs > >for this to be a viable backup means. Usually one uses at > >least three copies, so one would need three external drives > >which one rotated. > > But is my home data soooo valuable as to go to that much effort? An > external HDD (which you can run out of the house with when the house > is on fire) is much easier.
I burn my nightly backups to DVD's and mail them to a fictitious address in Guam--not first class of course.. and they are diligently returned to me 2-3 weeks later. > If you visit Grandma's House every Sunday for lunch, then rotation > makes some sense. Since I don't have any older relatives within driving distance I was thinking of adopting one. Any recommendations? Thanks! CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org