On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 7:18 PM, Dave Howorth <dave@howorth.org.uk> wrote:
On Sat, 19 Nov 2016 08:44:31 -0500 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 8:36 AM, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote:
Greg Freemyer wrote:
But, I still want more than raid 0 for this backup set in the long run. Currently I have at least 1 instance of all this data on 2 USB drives (dozens of drives total, but less than 100 (I think)).
Going forward I want to buy 10TB drives (or larger) and consolidate the backups, freeing up the existing USBs for primary storage.
I hadn't thought about offsite. Since this data is so static, maybe I should eventually build 2 and use DRDB to replicate to an offsite redundant copy. That actually sounds like some to add to the plan.
There is little point in a DRBD setup for data that doesn't change (or hardly ever changes). A daily rsync is probably easier.
rsync is probably reasonable for this data. I have an unmetered pipe at my office, but not my house. Just need another similar site, hopefully within a driveable distance.
But that is phase 2.
No, offsite backup is phase 1!
Copy it to a disk and hand carry it offsite to your home or wherever. If you want to get really sophisticated, have two backup disks and alternate them so all copies are never together at the same place and time. :)
It used to be said that the highest bandwidth link between London and Manchester was a Ford van on the motorway full of magnetic tapes.
For now my primary (active) and secondary (backup) copy are both kept onsite. I keep the secondary offline in a fireproof filing cabinet (interior concrete walls, weighs hundreds of pounds even empty). Once I build this I will have more susceptibility to fire; I might indeed start maintaining the current secondary copy offsite. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org