Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies

From	Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies
Date	2017-03-13 14:00 +0100
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David Christensen wrote:
> On 03/11/2017 07:10 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I've vague ideas of what backup pattern(s) I might follow.
>> I'm looking for reading materials that might trigger "I hadn't thought
>> of that" moments.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>
> [1] is a decent overview:
>
> http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596102463.do
>
> [1] W. Curtis Preston, 2007, "Backup & Recovery Inexpensive Backup 
> Solutions for Open Systems", O'Reilly Media, ISBN: 978-0-596-10246-3

I can only agree that O'Reilly books are well worth the price of
admission.  

As for the backup schemes / plans (which I can only assume are in that
book, as I've not personally read it yet), I favor a 3-2-1 setup.

 - 3 copies (original, backup, backup of the backup)
 - 2 mediums (HDD & something else - right now optical ... though I
   really need to change that)
 - 1 offiite

Don't forget that "if you don't have a tested backup, you don't have
a backup."

Currently, the system here is

 - every PC has a cronjob backing up $HOME to a central "server" (read -
   repurposed PC with decent WD drives), just an rsync script that runs
   daily.
 - /path/to/backups/$user/Documents/ is tar'd weekly and burned to disc.
 - discs are copied, and taken to parents' place.  "Rolling Updates" are
   performed there (as the CD case / binder thing (see: [1]) is already
   full, take oldest set of discs, replace with the newest, repeat til
   full again, then start over at the beginning).



[1]
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/aplusautomation/vendorimages/b54c252f-3608-4565-814d-ab4ce301675c.jpg._CB317952912__SL300__.jpg

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Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-11 16:20 +0100
  Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-11 22:10 +0100
    Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-13 14:00 +0100
      Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-14 05:00 +0100
        Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-17 11:50 +0100
          Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2017-03-17 19:50 +0100
          Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-18 06:20 +0100
            Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-22 11:50 +0100
              Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-22 11:50 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-22 13:20 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-22 13:30 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-23 10:30 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-23 11:10 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-23 13:10 +0100
              Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-23 04:00 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-03-23 10:40 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-23 20:10 +0100
        Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Dominik George <nik@naturalnet.de> - 2017-03-31 14:10 +0200
          Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re:  Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Dominik George <nik@naturalnet.de> - 2017-03-31 23:20 +0200
          Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re:  Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Nathan Dorfman <ndorf@rtfm.net> - 2017-04-01 11:00 +0200
        should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re:  Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) cbannister@slingshot.co.nz - 2017-03-31 14:10 +0200
          Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re:  Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-31 14:20 +0200
            Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re:  Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-03-31 15:20 +0200
              Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re:  Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-31 15:30 +0200
              Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Dominik George <nik@naturalnet.de> - 2017-03-31 15:30 +0200
                Re: should I firewall an open port which isn't used? (was ... Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies) Dominik George <nik@naturalnet.de> - 2017-03-31 15:50 +0200
      Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2017-03-14 19:00 +0100
        Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-03-14 19:20 +0100
          Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2017-03-14 20:20 +0100
            Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-03-14 21:40 +0100
              Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-03-15 13:30 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-03-15 14:10 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2017-03-15 14:30 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-03-15 16:40 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-03-15 16:40 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2017-03-15 21:50 +0100
                Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-03-16 23:50 +0100
        Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2017-03-14 20:10 +0100
  Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-03-11 23:30 +0100
    Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-03-15 13:30 +0100
  Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-03-13 15:20 +0100
    Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-03-14 05:10 +0100
    Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-14 15:50 +0100
  Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies Merlin Büge <toni@bluenox07.de> - 2017-03-14 19:50 +0100
  Re: Guide(s?) to backup philosophies DdB <debianlist@potentially-spam.de-bruyn.de> - 2017-03-19 11:40 +0100

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