We are a small office trying to prevent any data loss. Every other night we run backups of our 4 main systems (two types of QuickBooks, order fulfilment software and a miscellaneous database server). For the longest time, we have used this process:
- Run backup scripts for each of the systems to duplicate the data to a workstation with a RAID 1.
- Gather all of today's backups and burn them to 1 (then 2, now 3) CDs. Lock the CDs in a large firesafe safe (on-site).
- Every few months we end up with a spool (100) CDs that we have to dispose of.
There are two (selfish) reasons I don't like this method. I have to sit and burn multiple CDs at the end of the day when I want to go home and also, we just end up trashing the CDs so we are basically throwing money away. Also, if I miss the safe drop, the CD just sits on top until morning.
I wanted to know what the better way to do this was. We are too small to think about a tape drive, but I would love a truly automated system that doesn't rely on me. (When I'm on vacation, these do not get done.) I'm not a sysadmin (I'm a webdev), so I am going to yield to the experts. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears. Thanks!
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