[ubuntu-uk] External hard disks and backup strategies

[Saltire]

I use Simple Backup to do automated daily backups to an external USB drive.

The drive is Fat32 formatted so if anything goes wrong with my Ubuntu
installation I can easily restore my home folder.

It seems to work well.

Stuart
  -----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of Steve Flynn
  Sent: 18 September 2007 22:54
  To: British Ubuntu Talk
  Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] External hard disks and backup strategies


  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...


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  Steve
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