How-To: Configure and Schedule Automated Backups in Linux

[Michael Lauzon]

Most of you probably already know how to do this, but it's an
interesting article regardless, the only problem it's 2 pages which is
small for a how-to done by MPC; here is an excerpt:

"Regardless of the operating system you are using, data loss is
inevitable. Sooner or later, it will happen to you—the only question
is how much data you will lose. Although RAID can act as an insurance
policy for hardware failures, it was never designed to serve as a
backup and will not perform this task well at all. Human error is
always the greatest concern since important files can be accidentally
overwritten or deleted at careless moments. It is easy to fall behind
on your backups or get complacent; without recent backups you have no
recovery strategy. This guide will help you automate your backups on
your Linux rig so you will always have your files up to date."

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/howto_configure_and_schedule_automated_backups_linux

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Michael Lauzon
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