[CentOS] backup to disk

[Les Mikesell]

Ray Leventhal wrote:
> > 
> Thanks for the thoughtful reply.  I've cloned the OS drive already and 
> it is safely locked away.  We're an entirely off-internet system, so 
> updates aren't even a problem.  The issue is the user data and with what 
> you and others have written, I'm considering doing a local rsync to a 
> second set of mirrored drives already in the box (but as of now disused).

Keep in mind that certain hardware, software, or operator errors (or a 
building disaster) can wipe out all of the disks at once.  A safer 
approach might be to rsync to external disks that you rotate offsite or 
to rsync over the network to a different location.

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   Les Mikesell
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