[nylug-talk] External HDs for Remote Backup

[Michael Ruebner]

Dear LUGgers,

I've been running remote backups (rsync over IPSec VPN) on/from several
Debian systems for a while, and I would like to switch from an internal
HD to an external HD setup, facilitating on-site restores (at least
that's the idea).

I was thinking about a couple of external HDs connected to a dedicated
backup server via firewire or USB. Since most of the data comes from
Samba file servers slaving away for diverse Windows clients, fat32 or
NTFS would be the file system of choice.

Does anyone run a similar setup and would like to share thoughts,
experience, caveats; or simply provide a sanity check?

Any input greatly appreciated.

Mike