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nothingx · 11-01-2005, 07:34 PM

Ok, I have a Linux fileserver with a 200GB harddrive in it that I use for storing a lot of music and video. Currently, I'm using about half of the drive... so around 100GB of stuff. Last night, after repairing the filesystem following a crash, I had a horrible thought... none of it is backed up.

I'm fully aware that I need to back that stuff up, but for the life of me, I can't think of a good way to do it. Typically, I'd just burn everything to a CD, but its 100GB of data! That would use up over 100 discs. Even if I went with DVDs, that's still like nearly 20 discs. I suppose I could go get another harddrive just for backup purposes, but that seems kind of expensive. Weren't tape drives made for this purpose? Does anyone even use tape drives anymore?

Any suggestions?

11-01-2005, 07:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
nothingx undead Location: nihilistic freedom	backup solutions Ok, I have a Linux fileserver with a 200GB harddrive in it that I use for storing a lot of music and video. Currently, I'm using about half of the drive... so around 100GB of stuff. Last night, after repairing the filesystem following a crash, I had a horrible thought... none of it is backed up. I'm fully aware that I need to back that stuff up, but for the life of me, I can't think of a good way to do it. Typically, I'd just burn everything to a CD, but its 100GB of data! That would use up over 100 discs. Even if I went with DVDs, that's still like nearly 20 discs. I suppose I could go get another harddrive just for backup purposes, but that seems kind of expensive. Weren't tape drives made for this purpose? Does anyone even use tape drives anymore? Any suggestions?