Re: Tape/DVD Backup Suggestions?

Nathan Mueller wrote:
>>Can anyone make suggestions on backup systems? I was thinking that
>>some sort of DVD writing system would be good for accessing one or two
>>files in the backup quickly.  It would probably also complete backups
>>faster. However, I think DVD's only hold a few Gigs on them. Are there
>>systems like with these features that could handle say 20 Gigs per
>>media?
>
>
> Where I work we just started using a new disk based backup system that
> we wrote in-house.  Disk is a little bit cheaper then tape -- plus much
> faster.  Another bonus is that your compression rate does not depend on
> how fast your data is flowing.  I'd suggest you buy a few 160GB IDE
> drives and just dump your data there.  It's faster, easier and you don't
> need to change tapes.  If you're interested in the source to our system
> just let me know.

I'd second that. Take a look at rdiff-backup:
    http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/

It can backup remotely, and keeps a complete up-to-date backup as well
as reverse diffs so you can do point-in-time restore.

HTH,

Joe