[linux-help] Backup tools

[Ryan Claycamp <claycamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am finally getting the backup system working again here at work.  I 
remember a presentation about nine months ago on backups, but can't find my 
notes.  What was the consensus, dump, tar, etc.?  Also, what is the best 
schedule to use?
Against my suggestion, the company got an HP Colorado 8GB IDE tape 
drive.  The tapes hold 8GB using compression and 4GB natively.  How do I 
get the tape to hold 8GB using Linux?
For the first backup yesterday, mainly to see if it worked, I did a simple
   tar cvf /dev/tape /
While it was running, I kept getting a strange error message of:
   ttyS0: x input overrun(s)
I have a UPS connected on ttyS0.  It appears that the backup worked 
though.  Can these errors be ignored?
Ryan
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