Dan wrote:
> In my experience, most tape backup rotational schemes, fail to provide the
> piece-of-mind that a nightly full backup provides. Consider what would
> happen if your master tape fails for any reason (user error, tape breaks,
> becomes unreadable, damaged, lost, stolen). It happens and it becomes a
> true nightmare in a disaster recovery situation.
I agree 100%. We never do incremental, differential etc... type backups on
any of our client. We run a full system backup every night! Backups are
vitally important and to take any risks ... well is suicidal (just
kidding!!)
> I advocate a full nightly backup. I agree speed is an issue, however this
> is better served by upgrading your tape backup hardware to reach the
desired
> performance. I agree a true disaster recovery boot facility is important.
Agreed!
> In summary, overall I like your ideas. I just think we would all be
better
> served if e-smith continued in it's direction to keep things simple. They
> have stated they will offer FlexBackup and Taper as two options for
backup.
> These backups should provide a simple full backup and full restore. I
made
> a request that the reinstall disk feature be able to be saved and appended
> onto a CDR e-smith ISO. This would provide for a built-in disaster
recovery
> reinstall using the one boot CD, the last backup tape and the included
> FlexBackup/Taper software.
Good idea. I also don't trust floppy disk - they become damaged to easily.
BF
