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Richard Brown wrote: > > As ever I was somewhat negligent in giving all the needed data. The > backup is being done by usb and it basically needs to start and finish > towards the end of the day! So I have a proposal: > What I think I can do is build a Linux box with two hard drives in - > both 250gig in size. The first drive is fixed - the second is in a > drive caddy. The idea would be to set up rsync to continually backup > to the fix drive which then mirrors itself to the second drive. The > second drive could then be removed at the end of the day. Could it be > removed 'hot' or would the system need to be powered down please? Next > day when it is plugged in would it automatically sync again please? > Something like a hardware RAID 1 with hotswap facility perhaps... -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html