[FX.php List] [OFF] Backup strategy

[Bob Patin]

Well, that's totally true; I hadn't thought about just taking a 500GB  
drive, of which I have several sitting unused, and just copying to  
there as a 3rd backup, and then when I've filled it, just deleting the  
oldest ones.

At 10GB per backup, I could put 50 before I have to start bleeding off  
the old ones; I may just do that instead of worrying about DVDs for  
this machine...

Or I may just bite the bullet and buy another Drobo and use it for my  
web servers instead of DVDs. I have 7 web servers, a couple of which  
have huge web documents folders... but with a Drobo filled with 4 1.5  
TB drives, I could do a LOT of backing up before I'd have to start  
deleting the old stuff... :)

Any downside to my thought, other than that I have to throw away the  
older backups (which isn't a problem with web site backups)?

BP

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On Jan 9, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> I use FreeAgent Extreme for that purpose, it's alot cheaper than
> spending time in Toast.
>
> ggt