![]() ![]() On a networked computer in another room of you home or office Not as good as (1) above as both original and backup computers could beģ. Theft, electrical outages, power surges, water/sprinkler damage, etc.Ģ. On a networked computer in a remote location (such as backing upįrom home to your office computer or vice-versa) This is clearly the ideal situation. The following list gives the various options listed fromġ. Some locations simply won't be available to you while others might just The next consideration is where to store your backups. Table and decide which data you want to backup and how often. I have chosen to keep all possible snapshots. ![]() Systems /etc directory also changes rarely, but as it is only 28Mb This rarely changes so I keep only a few snapshots. The following table demonstrates myĮach of the snapshots is compressed to reduce space. Regularly will benefit from snapshots of smaller intervals, while data that Often this willīe decided for you by storage limitations. It is up to each individual toĭecide just how many snapshots to keep and at what intervals. Keeps them for a specified period of time. Others might not be looked at for months or even years.Ī good backup policy is one which takes "snapshots" of your data and Some of these files we might use every week, while Most of us have hundreds, if not thousands, of important files in our homeĭirectories address books, e-mails, letters, work related data, programs we Yourself, "that's alright, I'll just turn to my backup". You open your file to find your data destroyed. ![]() You a week or two before you use it again. Might make, is almost as bad as doing nothing.Ĭonsider, for example, if one of your files becomes corrupt over time. Simple as making a regular copy of your data ("mirroring your data"),Īlways overwriting the previous copy. Office users, students/postgraduates, and researchers.Ī common misconception among many people is that a good backup policy is as Would imagine the ideal candidates would include: home users, home office/small Intended for large organisations or businesses with mission critical data. To keep an effective backup of their important data. This article and the presented backup procedure is intended for anyone wishing Finally, I will put it all together leaving you with I will then introduce the necessary background information on In section 3 I discuss what a backup policy should and These mirrors will be archived and kept for a specified period of time.īefore you get our hands dirty on actual implementation you need to design The premise is simple: every night your computer will make anĪutomatic mirror of all the files you wish to backup, and at chosen intervals Simple, hassle-free, and transparent backups using only rsync and cron (orĪnacron). In this article I am going to show you how to quickly set up your computer for Knows just how important they are, but very few people actually take The thing about backups is that they can just be a pain. ![]()
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