On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:17 PM,  <hansbkk AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> Obviously my proclivity for simplicity is overriding the advantages of the
> other methods. For my situation, one key consideration is for a non-geek
> staffer to be able to get the data back if there's a fire/explosion whatever
> while I'm away on holiday or otherwise unavailable - the company doesn't
> have much depth in ICT support. I could walk them through getting Ubuntu+BPC
> installed and maybe the fstab edited, but would want to add creating an
> array from only one member etc. into the mix. . .

It turns out that a linux raid1 mirror looks just like the non-raid
filesystem it contains - or enough that you can mount the single drive
as if it were a normal partition.  So you can treat the rotated member
just  the same as your single drive in a recovery scenario.

> So if at all possible I'd really appreciate feedback on the pro's and cons
> of my specific proposed method - can you (if not necessarily from you
> specifically Les, "you" = " the list ") see particular gotcha's I haven't
> taken into account?

One is that a drive failure will mean missed backups,  another is that
recovering files accidentally deleted yesterday or the day before is
probably the most likely scenario for needing the backup.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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