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   From: Joe LaVigne    
   Subject: Re: Query - What do you use as a backup solution   
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   Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:57:48 GMT   
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   On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:34:10 -0700, ray wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:51:30 +0000, Moog wrote:   
   >    
   >> OK,   
   >>    
   >> After piddling around with a variety of *nix distros over the last few   
   >> years, I've actually plumped for Ubuntu as my distro of choice. I will be   
   >> running all my systems with it and therefore hopefully you knowledgeable   
   >> folk can help with the following.....   
   >>    
   >> I think I've got a fairly good grasp of the basics, but I would appreciate   
   >> some advice on backing up. I've got my system as I would like it, no   
   >> issues and very few personal files and would like a full "image" (I know,   
   >> I'm showing my windows gobfodder) backup and restore solution.   
   >>    
   >> Is that possible? Which program?    
   >>    
   >> Also...what do you use for your everyday solution? There seems to be a   
   >> number of options and I would prefer recommendations rather than my usual   
   >> "trial and error" route.   
   >>    
   >> Thanks for your time.   
   >    
   > 1) there really isn't any reason to do a 'full image' backup. What you   
   > want to backup is the data, not all the unused space.   
   >    
   > 2) partimage will do what you request - it also will compress the image so   
   > it takes less space. I've just been through an exercise on my laptop -   
   > replaced a 40gb drive with a 120gb drive. I used partimage to backup all   
   > partitions to an external USB and saved partition data using sfdisk.   
   > swapped drives, used sfdisk data to partitin new drive, restored using   
   > partimage from a Live CD.   
   >    
   > 3) suggest you look at 'sbackup' - simple backup.   
      
   I generally take a very simplistic approach to backup on Linux...   
      
   Keep notes on which apps you have installed...   tar (with compression)   
   all home directories and other data directories to a USB drive, make a   
   copy of all of your config files to the same drive.   
      
   On a home system with just one or two home directories, used primarily for   
   surfing, you can probably do all your backups to a USB key drive (1 or 2   
   GB).     
      
   For a bigger server system, a USB hard drive.   
      
   For larger, corporate servers, I would stick with a good tape backup   
   system.   
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