FilePro Linux Server Backup

[Scott Nelson]

BackupEdge by Microlite and a Synology NAS box on which you setup an FTP 
site, and have BackupEdge do your backups to the FTP.  Fast, and very 
easy to recover a file in seconds.

I use this at several of my clients and never deal with tapes again.  
Off site is done to Amazon S3 with BackupEdge, or on a USB HD attached 
to the NAS.




On 3/9/2012 3:00 PM, Scott Walker wrote:
> What do you guys recommend for backing up a small CentOS server running
> filePro in a business environment.  It will have (3) 300gb drives in a raid
> 5 array but I don't anticipate more than about 25gb of data that needs to be
> backed up each night.
> I want a lot of backups with a rotation scheme that included daily, weekly,
> and monthly copies.  I want the daily copies of the data kept until the next
> week, and the weekly copy being kept for four weeks, and the monthly copies
> being kept for a year.
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> The vendor is recommending a RD1000 Removable Disk device.  This looks like
> it has great specs.  Each cartridge holds 160gb (non-compressed) and the
> drive costs about $420 but seems that with each removable cartridge costing
> $128, we may be limited to how many cartridges we could have, thus perhaps
> not retaining backup instances as long as I like.
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> I asked about a HP DAT160 tape drive.  Each tape holds 160gb
> (non-compressed) and the drive costs about $730, and each tape only costs
> about $24, so it would be economical to have lots of backup instances saved
> for a long period of time.
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> I have been using tape and the backup rotation scheme mentioned above for
> over 20 years.  The vendor is telling me they don't recommend tape drives
> anymore and all of their customers are using removable hard drive for local
> backups.  Am I missing something?  My instincts tell me the tape drive is
> the right solution for a system with a small amount of data, where the
> system is used only from 8am - 5pm (so backup speed is not critical) and
> where we want to save backup instances for a long time before overwriting
> them.
>
> Any input would be welcomed.
>
> Scott Walker
> RAM Systems Corp
> ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com
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