Y'know with USB drives being as cheap as they are now, a $100 refurb drive in a fairly generic external case & a little software, Unless you HAVE to have the backup hot, just plug the drive in, back it up and move the critter OFF SITE (or to the little fireproof place)
In the winders world, a product like ghost makes this quite attractive without the $ spent on keeping another box humming in the corner, and I know the external HD doesn't draw near the KWH a full tower with 350-500W PS is going to. For home use, it's your TCO, so you have to decide how much that white noise generator's going to cost you over the life of the solution.
I'm no linux or unix guru but I believe it's a simple affair to build a flashdrive image to boot via USB device and have it restore (or backup) your box.
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check this out! BTW - they actually encourage hacking their product... http://gearlog.com/blogs/gearlog/archive/2006/01/0 5/4006.aspx
Here's real integration of LEGO and computing, the first rev was MIT's Brick, now this...
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http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,69946-0.html?
'nuff said.
Y'know with USB drives being as cheap as they are now, a $100 refurb drive in a fairly generic external case & a little software, Unless you HAVE to have the backup hot, just plug the drive in, back it up and move the critter OFF SITE (or to the little fireproof place) In the winders world, a product like ghost makes this quite attractive without the $ spent on keeping another box humming in the corner, and I know the external HD doesn't draw near the KWH a full tower with 350-500W PS is going to. For home use, it's your TCO, so you have to decide how much that white noise generator's going to cost you over the life of the solution. I'm no linux or unix guru but I believe it's a simple affair to build a flashdrive image to boot via USB device and have it restore (or backup) your box.