Re: [SLE] DVD Data backup script

DanTheMan wrote:

Hi all.

I was wondering if someone can point me in the direct of a simple script that I can use to make a nightly DVD backup of our data.

Currently our data is about 4gb and fits onto one dvd.

I have been manually backing up the data to another linux box but I would also like to make a nightly DVD-RW that rewrites the DVD which we can then store. We plan to store about 7 days worth of data and will reuse the DVDs. I can't tell you how to do the script but I can give you some advice - don't use rewitable DVDs. For backups you should use DVD-Rs to give yourself a better chance of actually being able to read the data back when you need it.

Alan