[Digikam-users] Re: Back-ups on CD/DVD with DAR (was Re: On backing up)

[Dr. Martin Senftleben]

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Hi,

Am 23.02.2011 19:33, schrieb Johnny:
> Another option is to use CD/DVD as a third option instead of foreign
> servers. I am strongly considering DAR as a tool for this, which is a
> Linux tool to make multiple DVDs, if necessary, and allow for
> incremental backups and indexing.
> 
> However, I didn't get around to it; any opinions/experiences welcome, or
> I'll report back if I implement it.

I use dar, however not with CDs/DVDs, that would require an awful lot of
disks (the initial backup requires about 1 TB of space). I attach eSATA
disks to the PC and start a script which I have written that identifies
the external drive and starts either an incremental backup or a full
backup, depending on whether I enter the date of the last increment or not.
With darGUI you have an easy to use graphical interface.
My harddisk I put away after the backup has completed in a fireproof
box. Once I had to restore all data because the internal hard disk
crashed - no problem at all.

Martin
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