interested to know the "right" way to backup a box to minimize downtime in case of a crash

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Steve wrote:

> I would like to know, in general, how people would configure that IBM 
> server to do a little more than just store simple backups from the 
> shuttle cube server.  Really I would like a situation where if the 
> shuttle cube died, I could just dmz the IBM box to serve the webpages 
> and email that the shuttle cube does.  It's not a "mission critical" 
> situation, but I just want to be able to come home from work the night 
> of a failure and without alot of work, swap the boxes.

Here is how i back-up my FreeBSD server's:

http://www.deathnet.id.au/docs/cd-rw-backup.shtml

We are now doing the same backup strategy on DVD-RW. On top of this, i 
backup via ssh over internet to an off-site location about 15Km away.


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Cheers, Mick
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