<p dir="ltr">Storing ammo in the same area as corrosives is not a good idea. Storing gas powered tools like mowers and chain saws indoors is also not good. Ditto on their fuel cans and camping fuel cannisters.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Archiving paper records in the closet with the water heater and furnace is a bad idea. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I once heard of someone that designated the storage of family photos on a shelf under a north facing window in a bedroom. That shelf also had the fire escape ladder. Toss the photos to deploy the ladder.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 20, 2016 10:12 AM, "Solomon Peachy" <<a href="mailto:pizza@shaftnet.org">pizza@shaftnet.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 08:40:16AM -0500, DJ-Pfulio wrote:<br>
> Backups include:<br>
<br>
I figure I'd throw in my two cents.<br>
<br>
I've been using rdiff-backup for a long, long time, and I tend to err on<br>
the side of excess. While there is some variance between the systems,<br>
there's some commonality. These are always backed up in their entirety:<br>
<br>
* /etc<br>
* /var [not worth making this more granular IMO]<br>
* /home [if there are any non-root accounts]<br>
<br>
Then, depending on the specific system, I may include a few extras:<br>
<br>
* Package list dumps [ eg 'rpm -qa' ]<br>
* Explicit database dumps [ eg 'pg_dumpall -c | pbzip2' ]<br>
* etc etc<br>
<br>
Although those are already technically covered by the backup of /var,<br>
these are intended to allow for easier piecemeal restoration.<br>
<br>
The net result of this is that with 45 day retention, my backups hover<br>
at about 280GB for three systems. I use an eSATA drive to hold this<br>
stuff.<br>
<br>
I also have bulk storage space used in a mostly write-once manner; I<br>
back up the important stuff (ie whatever can't be replaced, such as my<br>
photo archive) onto optical media. That's running about 2 TB.<br>
<br>
Now all of this is fine and good, until I consider that my backups are<br>
stored in the same closet as my server. As long as no physical disaster<br>
occurs, that's peachy.<br>
<br>
Then again.. one of the server's UPS batteries actually exploded about a<br>
year ago. Had I not been home when it happened, it would have likely<br>
started a fire, taking everything out at once. Oh, and did I mention<br>
that I have a substantial amount of ammunition stored in that same<br>
closet?<br>
<br>
...Maybe my backup strategy isn't so sound after all..<br>
<br>
- Solomon<br>
--<br>
Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org<br>
Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^<br>
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.<br>
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