Howdy, all,
I'm looking for recommendations on backup software, scsi controller, and tape drive for use in backing up a single redhat server. I'd prefer something free but it needs to be low-overhead and reliable - hoping to keep cost low (aren't we always?).
What software, controller, and tape drive works for you? What would you suggest or suggest avoiding?
-t.
You can get one of those external USB or Firewire IDE hard drive cases pretty cheap nowadays, and BIG IDE hard disks are very inexpensive. I would recommend one of those. Then you have something that is fast, random access, and is hot swappable.
IDE disks are only a little bit more expensive than good SCSI tapes
these days, and if you add in the cost of a SCSI HBA and a SCSI tape drive for a single server, buying 2 or three IDE drives would probably
be about the same cost.
There is a "rsync backup howto" out there that works great for keeping rotating backups that don't use much disk space at all, but are very easy to manage.
-Ben.
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