[WEB4LIB] Web Server Backups

[Stephen, Mathew]

In my experience the best backup scheme is to use a removable media such as
a tape drive, cdr, zip disc, etc.. and keep a copy offsite.  This is what I
suggest;
	Full backup over the weekend
	Incremental backups weekdays (backups up only files which have
changed since the last full backup)
	Rotate every two weeks (for a total of 14 tapes, i.e. have "Monday
1" and "Monday 2" tapes.

Using this method you should not experience any downtime while the backups
are running.  I have used Backup Exec and Arcserver for backup software in
the past.

You might also want to explore some of the online file storage options on
the Internet such as http://www.idrive.com 

				
Mathew Stephen
Mississippi State University
Http://library.msstate.edu/







-----Original Message-----
From: nancy glassman [mailto:glassman at aecom.yu.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:11 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Web Server Backups


I am currently running our library web server using a standalone 
workstation: Apache v. 1.3.14, FilemakerPro v.4, Windows2000 Professional, 
with service pack 1, 650MHz, 128 Megs ram, 2 hard drives [one used for 
backups].

I currently backup my system by making an image of my working [first] drive 
onto the 2nd drive using Driveimage v. 4 [Powerquest].

While this disaster recovery scheme works well, in order to use Driveimage 
I do have to boot out of Windows2000 [using a Driveimage boot-up diskette] 
to image the drive. The entire process takes about 60 minutes. During this 
time the library web server is down and unavailable. Is there a backup / 
disaster recovery solution that anyone can recommend that will perform a 
complete system/hard drive image or backup while Windows2000 remains online?

Thank you very much for any advice you can offer.



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