From: mbm Sent: 19 May 2008 15:22
On Mon, 19 May 2008 14:45:05 +0100 "Keith Watson" keith.watson@kewill.com allegedly wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: James Elsey Sent: 19 May 2008 10:22
Can anyone suggest a good backup procedure whereby I can
backup all
my photos/mp3s/videos etc under /home?
I could back them up to a separate drive, but I only have
old hard
disks (10gbs) and don't really trust them. I'd like to
backup onto
DVD but my /home is around 80gb
I have separate partitions for /home, pictures, documents, music, video and mail (.evolution) and mount them via fstab under my /home directory. I keep each one to 5Gb so I can back it up to DVD.
That seems like an awful lot of faffing about to me. Two obvious alternatives:
Depends on your back-up frequency, I find once a month serves me fine and once you've set the partitions up, that's it.
- buy a USB drive (50 quid will get you 350-500G) and backup
Actually a very good point and an option I'd been seriously considering (not only for back-ups). The price of HD storage is silly these days so back up to optical media is a bit illogical.
to that.(Hell, if you are really skint and live close enough to Long Stratton to pick it up I'll /give/ you an 80Gig USB drive)
There you go James, one can't say fairer than that!! :o)
- use rsync to backup to a remote system (I backup hourly to
a separate networked system)
Mick
Yes, looked at rsync, nice utility but hourly would probably be to frequent for me. Daily would be good.
Keith ________________________________
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail, and each of any attachments transmitted with it, is confidential, is the property of Kewill Systems plc ("Kewill"), and is intended solely for the information of the individual/entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. It may also be privileged or protected by other legal rules. If you have received it by mistake, please notify the author immediately by replying to this e-mail and then destroy/delete this e-mail and all attachments (if any). If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on this e-mail. In accordance with Kewill's internal policy e-mails sent and/or received may be monitored. Whilst Kewill takes reasonable precautions (including use of anti-virus software) it accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage should this e-mail contain any virus, or similar destructive or mischievous code. C Kewill Systems plc 2007. Kewill Systems plc (1037515) - registered in England at Bramley House, The Guildway, Old Portsmouth Road, Artington, Guildford, GU3 1LR.