[ubuntu-uk] External hard disks and backup strategies

[Steve Flynn]

On 18/09/2007, David M <lists2007 at trancepod.34sp.com> wrote:

On the other hand, a plain-old USB hard disk seems the simpler option. I
> would naively assume that as USB is now well-proven technology, these
> would work just fine with Ubuntu, but is that the case? How easy would
> it be to automate backups to such a disk? Would it mount with a
> persistent mount point, or would it change with every unplug or system
> reboot?
>
>
> Then there is the question of what backup strategy I should actually
> use. I was assuming that an automated rsync every week would be the
> easiest, but perhaps there are other possibilities? Something automated,
> once configured, without requiring user intervention is an absolute
> must: the whole point of doing backups is that I don't have to remember
> to do it!
>

Typing as someone who is about to precisely the same thing I too would be
most interested in the experiences of those who have walked this road
already... Actually, that reminds me that I need to order the USB hard-drive
enclosure that I promised myself least week...


-- 
Steve
When 1 person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people
suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.

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