On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:06:26 -0500
John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> > I want to know what the best way is for creating a permanent backup
> > to tape.  I need to create a backup on tape of certain files(a HP
> > 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader) and I should keep them at least 2-3
> > years..  I also need to have a  failover in case my DB is gone.
> > Currently I’m still using bacula 2.4.4 on debian.  Can anybody
> > describe what the best way is to create this archive, best
> > practices,. …?
> >
> 
> I use tapes from a pool that has the recycle flag off for all jobs
> that I want to never recycle. For the failover database you can get
> that from the tapes themselves using the bacula volume tools.
> 
> John
> 
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Another way to get failover of your database (if you use mysql) is
Replication. 

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication.html

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