[mythtv-users] OT: backing up to hard drive

[Matthew Schumacher]

pmb wrote:
> This is totally off topic, but it probably applies to a lot of people
> here who have too much data for tape backups.
> I support a linux file server for a client that is fed up with using
> tape backups and insists on setting up a back up to a hard drive. The
> whole package will need to be idiot proof and easy to use.
> I imagine many people on this list are already doing this.
> Questions I have...
> What software are you using? It seems like a simple tar or cp in a cron
> job would do the trick.
> What hardware are you using to provide hot swapable drives at a
> reasonable cost? USB, SCSI?
> How are you moving the drives offsite? It seems like just chucking a
> bare drive in your car everyday will drastically reduce its life span.
> Anybody have any experience with these
> http://www.high-rely.com/index.cfm?action=products&group=3 ?

Ok, there is a really good way to do this, go look at:

http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

Basically you can have a rotation that only consumes the size of the
data plus change over the rotation period.

schu