From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 4 06:45:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E96B16A4CE for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 06:45:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from serv03.inetworx.ch (serv03.inetworx.ch [212.254.227.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 939E143D45 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 06:45:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dev@eth0.ch) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by serv03.inetworx.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F444252D70 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:45:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from serv03.inetworx.ch ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (serv03.inetworx.ch [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 27217-05-4 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:45:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from www.inetworx.ch (serv04.inetworx.ch [212.254.227.197]) by serv03.inetworx.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09DEC252D6F for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:45:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 217.162.71.141 (SquirrelMail authenticated user dev.eth0); by www.inetworx.ch with HTTP; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:45:28 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <1054.217.162.71.141.1091601928.squirrel@217.162.71.141> In-Reply-To: <007101c479e7$5ca574d0$6401a8c0@Nomad> References: <20040804100300.3af0d4fb@bofh.spyderweb.com.au> <007101c479e7$5ca574d0$6401a8c0@Nomad> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:45:28 +0200 (CEST) From: "David E. Meier" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at inetworx.ch Subject: RE: Remote backup hosting setup? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 06:45:30 -0000 Hi Eric, we are currently developing a small program/service for our customers exactly for this purpose. To just backup the data to a remote server is very easy, even on Windows: Use cygwin. It comes together with rsync and ssh. I recommend you use rsync since it is the most effective AFAIK and the transfer is safe (not unimportant to law companies). Then you could run a nightly task to backup the data. We also found that revision the data on the backup server could also be very helpful using rsnapshot. This tool is actually intended for backups between UNIX/Linux boxes, however, you can also run it locally. It creates full daily backups with the storage need of an incremental backup while using links to unchanged files. Cheers. Dave. > Thanks for the reply, Tim. I didn't specify in the OP, but this is from > Windows systems to my freebsd server. The retrieval method will be a > copy on CD/DVD, at a premium, of course, in the even they have a > faliure. > > Thanks again for all your help. > > > > > Found on Conan O'Brian: > Children's books written by celebrities; > By Mel Gibson: Jesus Christ and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very > Bad Day. > > ----- > Keep your powder dry and your pecker hard and the world WILL turn. > > ----- > Eric F Crist > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >