Re: [PLUG] backups (was Re: DCAnet dropping DSL)

[Fred Stluka <fred@bristle.com>]

Since this thread has drifted to a discussion of backups, here are
my tips for doing backups via rsync, including the script I run via
cron
    http://bristle.com/Tips/Unix.htm#rsync_full_backup
    http://bristle.com/Tips/Unix.htm#rsync_incremental_backup
    http://bristle.com/Tips/Unix.htm#rsync_full_and_incremental_backup
    http://bristle.com/Tips/Unix.htm#rsync_other_backup
    http://bristle.com/Tips/Unix.htm#rsync_advanced_options

Enjoy!
--Fred
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On 7/24/12 11:07 AM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Malcolm
> <mjhlists-plug-20080906@liminalflux.net>  wrote:
> > That works if you've got the upload bandwidth (which on $15/month DSL, I
> > don't at home). Given the cost of bandwidth + online storage + DVDs the
> > backup to external drive ($100 for 1TB these days, makes me feel old) is
> > both faster and cheaper. One drive for local incremental backups and one
> > (older, smaller) drive for a full backup for the offsite drive that gets
> > updated less often.
> I used to use this over DSL.  My typical daily backups are only about
> 150M.  If I take a slew of photos then I might have the odd 1GB
> upload, which being asynchronous isn't a big deal either.  The key is
> to use an incremental solution, and only upload the stuff that
> changes.  A full backup is closer to the 10-20G mark, but I only
> upload those once every two months.
>
> The biggest thing about it is that I don't have to think about
> anything for it to happen - just a script in cron.daily and a daily
> email with the summary.  Backups that require my intervention are just
> accidents waiting to happen.
>
> Rich
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