Sent from my Blackberry On Dec 3, 2011 9:59 AM, "Wietse Venema" <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: > > Jim Seymour: > > On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 21:52:54 -0800 (PST) > > email builder <emailbuilde...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > As know one seems to have any other ideas, looks like it has to be > > > some rsynch variant using whatever cheap remote storage I can find. > > > > Seems kind of OT for this list, but since nobody else seems to > > object... > > > > Two questions: Does it need to be remote, and why just the mail > > spool? Why not the entire machine? > > > > I'm currently backing up my machine at home to a WD "My Passport" USB > > drive, doing a monthly full and nightly differential, using a script > > that employs rsync. Each backup set looks like a full backup. Works > > like a champ. I'm going to use the same script on the new mailserver > > I'm building at work. > > > > I have two drives, which I swap once-a-month. The out-of-service > > drive goes in the safe. At work I'll probably do three or four, with > > at least one in the bank safety deposit vault. > > With the home domain, I use rsync for daily backups, and "whole > system" dump to USB drive for (PGP-encrypted) off-site backup. > > Wietse
I myself use a dockstar running openwrt and a 2TB WD drive as linux/unix and time machine backup.
