Am 01.11.2012 um 21:19 schrieb Keith Roberts: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> Just a knee-jerk reaction because I like it so well, but whenever >> anyone mentions backups I have to recommend backuppc. If you have >> any other system that can work over the network (perhaps offsite via >> VPN) and hold copies on-line you might like it. It is the kind of >> thing that you can set up once and it will take care of itself for >> years. It can use rsync for the transport so after your initial copy >> you only need bandwidth for the changes. > > That's something I might take a look at. What I want > to do is make backups that are on removable media, so they > are not dependant on a machine for their data safety. Once I > have burnt the backups to DVD they will be stored away then, > just in case I need them. i suggest to burn it twice on different media and migrate the data to new media after a couple of years :-) -- LF