[NTLUG:Discuss] Backup solutions

[Richard Geoffrion]

Chris Cox wrote:
>> Leroy Tennison wrote:
>>     
>>> I've been asked this twice recently.  My thinking is tape or CD/DVD with 
>>> the latter being preferable for small situations.  Are there other good 
>>> alternatives?
>>>       
> Another possible alternative is disk.  Disk is fast and
> is also quite cheap.  Might even consider USB disk.  Then
> you have a portable solution that can be connected to
> multiple computers one at a time for backing up (it's
> flexible).  Might be a more cost effective "small situation"
> backup solution.
>
>
>   
Don't forget Dirvish  ( http://www.dirvish.org ) !   Use that external 
USB disk to make rotating backups of your data using the Dirvish 
front-end to rsync.


-- 
Richard