IMO RAID, NAS and the like are not necessary for this person's problem. My backup plan consists of a bunch of shell scripts that backup my databases and files to a second hard drive on my server. rsync is then used to copy the files to a USB drive of the same size with an encrypted file system. Each month, the removable, encrypted backup drive is exchanged for a third of the same size (also encrypted) from my office. It's not hooked up to anything at my office - it just sits there as offsite, encrypted backup, such that if my house burns down I still have my data.
The three drives I use for my solution are WD 320G IDE drives. The solution provides a secure, offsite backup solution for approximately $300. It's not fancy, but it meets my needs and the original posters just fine - we're not talking about enterprise level backup here...he probably needs to backup his ogg files and such.
I would be happy to elaborate on the solution and even send you the shell scripts I use to accomplish this if you're interested.
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IMO RAID, NAS and the like are not necessary for this person's problem. My backup plan consists of a bunch of shell scripts that backup my databases and files to a second hard drive on my server. rsync is then used to copy the files to a USB drive of the same size with an encrypted file system. Each month, the removable, encrypted backup drive is exchanged for a third of the same size (also encrypted) from my office. It's not hooked up to anything at my office - it just sits there as offsite, encrypted backup, such that if my house burns down I still have my data. The three drives I use for my solution are WD 320G IDE drives. The solution provides a secure, offsite backup solution for approximately $300. It's not fancy, but it meets my needs and the original posters just fine - we're not talking about enterprise level backup here...he probably needs to backup his ogg files and such. I would be happy to elaborate on the solution and even send you the shell scripts I use to accomplish this if you're interested.