Some of this system was put into place before I got here, but we backup our data server to an external USB hard drive, which gets rotated out weekly & lives at my house in the mean time. As a backup to the backup, I repurposed an old web server into a FreeNAS box, located in another part of the library. It rsyncs the data on the backup USB drive. Not the greatest & most elegant solution, but it works well for us.
Jim Peterson Technology Coordinator Goodnight Memorial Library 203 S. Main St. Franklin, KY 42134 (270) 586-8397 www.gmpl.org Tweet me @GMLGeek Library Technology Blog I'm on Facebook, too! On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 17:01 -0500, David R. Wilson wrote: > I decided many years ago after reading 18 tapes and finding 3 that > worked that were stored over 2 years previously that I really didn't > want a repeat of that fiasco. It is even more scary when backups have > to be encrypted and reliable. > > If I was going to backup something now that has any importance it would > probably be backed up over the network in several places. To take that > a bit further, if it was really important I would have a couple of > copies on machines that are parked and unplugged in a secure and well > shielded place. In a few instances I have used a USB drive (nothing on > those systems were worth the hassle of doing anything more). > > Keeping up with keys is a rather scary proposition. Beside putting > them on a USB stick and putting them in a lock box, or printing them out > (euwww) what are places doing now? > > Dave > > I can see it now.... 'Don't move or I will (put favorite bit > manipulation here) a byte..." > > > On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 16:32 -0500, Howard White wrote: > > I get a daily blurb from the InformationWeek / UMB Techweb crowd called > > "Dark Reading" that discusses security breaches, malware and other > > entertainment... Today's lead item mentions six healthcare industry > > data breaches that could have been prevented with a little planning. > > They tossed out the mention of unencrypted backup tapes (or insert the > > media of your choice if you are not a luddite like me who still uses tape). > > > > Encrypted tar!! Now there is a thought, but pity be to the sysadmin > > without a plan for keeping track of the keys!! First thought of the > > command name was star, as in secure tar. Gee, you think someone else > > mighta grabbed _star_ first; without even thinking about a vital > > function such as secure tar. Okay, I looked it up: star is Standard > > Tape Archiver <http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_star.htm>. > > > > Back to the point of this post - there is a project (in beta as of this > > writing) making provision for encrypted backups called Duplicity. For > > those in the mood for more RTFM, go to <http://duplicity.nongnu.org/>. > > > > So much for my thirty seconds of research. > > > > YMMV, YKWIMV > > > > Howard > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
