From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 16 00:26:39 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8071616A404 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 00:26:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D1BB13C458 for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 00:26:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l4G0N5vJ046263; Tue, 15 May 2007 20:23:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l4G0N5ai046262; Tue, 15 May 2007 20:23:05 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 20:23:05 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Phusion Message-ID: <20070516002305.GB46204@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backing up large partitions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 00:26:39 -0000 On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 04:27:01PM -0500, Phusion wrote: > I need some advice on how to backup a UNIX server. The server has > multiple large partitions ranging from 200 to 400 GB. Also, the server > doesn't have a tape drive. We recently got a large NAS device that has > 2 TB of storage space. The UNIX server has Samba installed and can be > setup to mount a Windows network share. I would like the ability to > run full and incremental backups as well as restores. Let me know what > you think. Depends a little on what you will do, but generally you can run dump(8) to a file and that file can be located anywhere you can read/write. Dump is the UNIX backup soution. Now, if you want to create an alternate server, then consider rsync. Its in the ports. ////jerry > > Phusion > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"