Linux Server Backup Solutions

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 11:37, Jason Tower wrote:
> > Even despite this caveat, I don't see why people put up with the
> > hassle of maintaining tape drives, tapes, libraries, and the
> > inconvenience of a character-device backup system.  Hard drives are
> > SO MUCH EASIER on you, the sysadmin, the user when restores are
> > needed, and the bottom line, in most cases.
> 
> because LOTS of sysadmins send backups offsite at least once in a while

Good point.  My main backup server (at work) is indeed "off-site" (it's
at one of our satellite locations).  But this isn't necessarily
available to everyone.

--Jeremy

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