On 08/01 11:41 , Juergen Harms wrote:
> I am in vacation and I just got a phone call that my home has been 
> burgled. My wifes PC is gone, with lots of data practically impossible 
> to restore. But, data are saved with BackupPC ...

Sorry to hear that. :(

> (2) I had thought that maintaining two sets of data - the original data 
> and the data on the backup server - provides sufficient security. It is 
> not, I was fortunate that the burglar did not find the backup server (I 
> am running BackupPC on a small home LAN). I urgently need to extend my 
> security by periodically saving the backup data to something that is 
> kept at a safe place (I will probably buy an external disk).

I just make an rsync copy of my data to an external USB-attached drive every
now and then, and rotate a few drives in and out of my safe. A lot more
simplistic than backuppc, and not automated, but it is simple to operate and
secure.

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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