On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Leon Fauster wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > From: Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Multiple incremental DVD backup program? > > 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 :-) Hi Leon. I don't expect to keep the same DVD backup set for more than ~12 months. I just make periodic backups from my dedicated backup drive to DVD/CDs, to get the data away from the PC and onto something hopefully more permanent than HDD's. Usually I can restore straight from the backup drive in the PC. I may have used the CD/DVD media when 3 HDD's decided to fail at around the same time. Here's the script's I wrote in PHP to be run by cron in the early hours of the morning, and posted on the Fedora forum. Generic PHP CL backup script http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=248436 Kind Regards, Keith (CD-RW) ----------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------