Linux Server Backup Solutions

[James Olin Oden]

On Fri, 14 May 2004, 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
>
And places like banks do this religiously.  Usually, they are picked up 
each day and delivered to an offsite safe of some kind...james