Les Mikesell wrote: > 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. > A point I was just discussing with some folks here. Thanks, Les.