[olug]Backup Solutions

[Phil Brutsche]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> I will have to do some testing and see, but tar is said to not back up the
> /dev directory for one.

I'm not interested in /dev.  During backups I try to capture only the
"important stuff" (ie everying in /etc and any data files).

If all the hard drives get toasted (I use 3ware IDE RAID controllers) for
whatever reason (like, a catastrophic disaster or the thing getting
hacked), I'd end up re-installing the OS and restoring the data files from
tape.

Beyond that I'm starting to use 2.4.x in more and more situations and I
use devfs on those systems.

> Cpio backs up everything.

And, apparently, so does GNU tar.  I guess it depends on which tar you
decide to use.

-- 

Phil


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