From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 4 09:11:45 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 6991A16A4CF for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 09:11:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lorna.circlesquared.com (host217-45-219-85.in-addr.btopenworld.com [217.45.219.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2267A43D5A for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 09:11:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peter@circlesquared.com) Received: from circlesquared.com (localhost.circlesquared.com [127.0.0.1]) i749BOx0079765; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 10:11:24 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from peter@circlesquared.com) Message-ID: <4110A83C.30703@circlesquared.com> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 10:11:24 +0100 From: Peter Risdon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040611 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Crist References: <005501c479b5$6c0f4cc0$6401a8c0@Nomad> In-Reply-To: <005501c479b5$6c0f4cc0$6401a8c0@Nomad> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 09:11:45 -0000 Eric Crist wrote: > Hello list, > > I was recently contacted by a lawfirm that needs a remote backup > solution to help bring their insurance rates down. I've decided to go > ahead and do this, as their needs are not that great. > > What I'm asking, is how best to setup this situation. I've never played > with jails or anything, but I'm not sure if I really need to go that > far. I'm considering building a server that has ssh and sftp access. > The plan is to allow them to upload at their pace, and provide next-day > DVD/CD copies of their entire directory structure. > > Any advice on how to go about this? I do this using rsync. Remote FreeBSD machines are straightforward. For Windows computers wishing to backup remotely I am starting to use: http://sync2nas.sourceforge.net/ I also find it helps to start with a copy of their data from some medium like a tape, CD(s) or DVD, or even a hard drive moved from one machine to another. Otherwise, the initial transfer can, literally, take weeks. HTH Peter. > > Thanks! > > Eric F Crist > > 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" > >