Backup Solutions

[Jon Thiele]

Almost all of my small business clients run the same setup:  CENTOS on their
file server and flexbackup as backup software to a Seagate STT220000A
10/20GB tape drive.  I love these drives.  I've used them almost exclusively
for the last 8 years.  They are cheap ($200), last 4 or 5 years under normal
load and easy to use.  However, last week I discovered that I have a
problem.  A client's tape drive failed and I found out that Seagate/Quantum
no longer make these drives - in fact, I can't find a single distributor
(TechData, DirectDial, EMJ) in Canada that has stock...  (Refurbished - yes,
new - no.)

I'm now looking for a new, long term solution.  I've thought of moving to
8GB or 16GB USB RAM drives (reliability problems???), I played with using
daily USB external hard drives (kind of hard to put in your purse to take
home every night...), I looked into online backup solutions (most of them
for some unknown reason want Windows...), someone suggested the IOMEGA REV
removable hard drive (are they going to be around in 5 years???), I've
looked at more expensive SCSI drives (large initial cost > $1,200), and I've
even thought of setting up my own backup site where I would go in every
night and grab the modified files from each client (do I really want to do
this???).

So, can I pick your collective brains???  What cheap, offsite, easy-to-use,
backup solutions do you use for your Linux servers???  Your suggestions are
appreciated.

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