John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Thu Dec 15 00:02:42 CST 2005
Sounds cool. I have a couple of SOHOs do something similar. Last server/network backup system I put in was for a small busines. We used an external Iomega Rev drive 35/90GB with firewire connection and Dantz Retrospect. Those disks are just removable hard drives and only about 4 inches square. IIRC they have a 5 disk rotation. I scripted the whole backup process so they put the disk in every day and take the finished one offsite. It emails them every morning as to the results of the backup. (Actually works as a reminder to have them change disks.) Works sweet. Parts/software cost approx. $500. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:37 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT : External Drives x posted On 14 Dec 2005 at 22:53, John Bartow wrote: > Hard to schedule backup with them though :o) > I've got a couple of sites that use USB Drives as their primary data backup. I've written a couple of AutoIt scripts which check for a removable drive, determine it's drive letter and free space, then zip up the data and copy it across. All they have to do is rotate drives daily - and these days they are about the same cost as a backup tape. -- Stuart -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com