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Re: tapless config, rotating 2 ext hard drives

2008-05-14 16:29:27
Subject: Re: tapless config, rotating 2 ext hard drives
From: Charles Curley <charlescurley AT charlescurley DOT com>
To: Mike Fahey <mfahey AT enter DOT net>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 13:16:58 -0600
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 11:33:37AM -0400, Mike Fahey wrote:
> Is it possible with a tapeless config
> to rotate 2 ext hard drives (connected to same sata port)
> one every other week. It would be a 7day tape cycle.

I haven't tried that exactly.

What I have begun doing is backing up to an external drive (to make it
easier to move the backup server). I then use rsync to back up to one
of two "offsite" drives, both external. The two offsite drives rotate
between the shop here and my offsite location.

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