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2008/12/18 Steve Marvell <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Jonathan Roberts wrote: > >> I was wondering what methods people use for backup, and if they have >> any recommendations? I've decided it's time I take backup a little >> more seriously, following on from some hideous data accidents >> recently. > > Is this a regressive backup or just disaster recovery? Ideally I'd like to perform incremental backups, but failing that a disaster recovery would be a lot better than what I'm doing now so that the next time I accidentally delete the contents of an essay 4 hours before deadline I should at least have something there. > > What is it that needs to be backed up? What types of data; files, databases? Mostly files: text documents, photos and videos for the most part. I think it would probably be easiest to just backup the entire /home directories, just excluding all dot files. > How often does the data change? Does some change significantly, whilst > other bits change irregularly? Does the data increment or alter? I guess it's reasonable to assume that for a period of time at least, data will be altered a lot (e.g. while I'm working on an essay, I'll be constantly saving it), but on the whole I wouldn't expect folder contents to alter significantly more often than on a weekly time scale. HTH, and thanks for replying... Jon -- 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