richard wyckoff <rwyckoff@copper.ucs.indiana.edu> (06/05/91)
rrk@yoda.byu.edu writes
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>have a IIcx with an internal 80M hard drive. As I have nearly filled this
>drive up, I am approaching 100 floppies for a backup. This gets quite tedious
I also have an 80Mb drive.
I use 1.44Mb floppies and fastback2. I end up with more like 40 floppies
for a full backup.
I realize you were expecting a hardware solution, but consider useing
a compression util. Also, move most of your static stuff (the files you
haven't changed in 10 or 12 months) to a separate area, make a one-time
backup of it, and leave it alone. What you're left with is a much more
manageable area which needs more frequent backups. Most backup utils have
compression options, and, after an initial "full" backup, allow you to do
"incremental" backups: only the files changed since the previous backup are
bothered with. In this case, it's so not important that you move the stable
stuff to "don't-save-new-stuff-in-me" area.
Rich
(rwyckoff@copper.ucs.indiana.edu)rrk@yoda.byu.edu (06/05/91)
Hi all. I fear this may be a "most frequently asked question," but I scanned the current articles and didn't find any postings answering this. I have a IIcx with an internal 80M hard drive. As I have nearly filled this drive up, I am approaching 100 floppies for a backup. This gets quite tedious when making a complete new backup prior to updating to System 7 ;-) My question is thus: What are y'alls recommendations for a backup medium for 80M or so? I have one recommendation for SyQuest's SQ555 removeable disk. What other devices have you used on the Mac's, and how has your experience been with them? Please send E-mail to reduce the net-ire. I will post a summary if requested. Thank you all for your help! Robin "Lessa" Kinzy rrk@yoda.byu.edu CAEDM Systems Manager rrk@spock.byu.edu Brigham Young University 270 Clyde Building Provo, UT 84602 (801) 378-4267
dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) (06/07/91)
In article <1991Jun5.014055.28473@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, rwyckoff@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (richard wyckoff) writes: |> I also have an 80Mb drive. |> I use 1.44Mb floppies and fastback2. I end up with more like 40 floppies |> for a full backup. |> I realize you were expecting a hardware solution, but consider useing |> a compression util. Also, move most of your static stuff (the files you |> haven't changed in 10 or 12 months) to a separate area, make a one-time |> backup of it, and leave it alone. What you're left with is a much more |> manageable area which needs more frequent backups. Most backup utils have |> compression options, and, after an initial "full" backup, allow you to do |> "incremental" backups: only the files changed since the previous backup are |> bothered with. In this case, it's so not important that you move the stable |> stuff to "don't-save-new-stuff-in-me" area. I went with this type of solution for a while, but the first time I had to rebuild my filesystem after a hard disk crash, I decided I didn't like this method. I spent a week getting the system back into the shape it was in before the crash. For about a year, I used floppies and FastBack II. I did a full backup every month and did incrementals every day or two, depending upon how much I did with the machine. It was still a pain to schedule a couple of hours of time to pull and push floppies every couple of minutes. Last year, I bought an APS SyQuest drive and RetroSpect. I have a little over 100MB of disk space used on my main drive. Every Sunday morning, I do a full backup while I work on the yard and garden. All I have to do is go and change cartridges 3 times and its all done for me. Each night, I do an automatic incremental at around 3:00am. -- ...David Elliott ...dce@smsc.sony.com | ...!{uunet,mips}!sonyusa!dce ...(408)944-4073 ..."Art is never fair" - paa