I need to implement a backup system for my computers, and I'm looking for
some advice: I need suggestions for both the hardware and the software to
use.
As far as hardware, I don't care if it's an internal or external device, but
my bed is only about six feet away from my computers, so I'd strongly prefer
a quiet device, if that's possible. I don't need to retain older backups; I
just want to make sure there's at least ONE copy of my data somewhere. Is a
traditional, removable-media backup system even necessary? From buy.com, it
looks like I could get a 4-gig drive for under $90, or an 8-gig drive for
just over $100 (a nice one too: a 7200RPM Seagate). Might it be
cheapest/easiest to just stick another drive in one of the machines and have
my data mirrored across the network?
What would be the best software to go with the hardware? If I'm backing up
across a network, should I find something that just does a comparison and
only sends the changes? I've heard people talk about liking AMANDA, but I
remember last semester watching a guy in the CS department trying to get
AMANDA working on a server in the Econ department, and it looked like a huge
PITA.
Thanks for the help,
Chad
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