[NTLUG:Discuss] backing up in linux....

[Stuart Johnston]

Speaking of backing up...

Early yesterday morning, the VPS host that my personal email was living 
on had a unrecoverable RAID failure.  The last backup I had was from 
November.  Of course, I had been meaning to setup nightly rsyncs but now 
I've lost nearly a year's worth of email.  It feels like I've lost a 
year of my life.  (hmm, over dramatic, much?)

Anyway, perhaps this can be a cautionary tale for someone out there.  If 
you haven't gotten around to setting up regular backups for your 
important data, do it NOW!