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Re: [LUG] Large Backups - Advice?

 

Gibbs wrote:

So. Any advice, solutions or ideas?

Be aware when backing up off site how long it might take to get 200GB back in the event of a catastrophic failure your end.

You can save bandwidth with rsync type protocols on backing up, but not always on restoring!

Some of the off-site backup companies offer to send you disks, or similar if the worst happens, so worth using a specialist if this will be an issue.

Alternatively since USB drives are 60 quid a terabyte, you could probably buy a load of those and take a copy of the data home each night.

As always test any system you choose, to make sure you can rebuild the system from backups alone......

 Simon



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