From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 21 08:57:41 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5966416A41A for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:57:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C52113C4A3 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:57:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so1526932pyb for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:57:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=L/+RcoCGq5TvW4itKe2nnfvS4WdKHTC51AxpPI9Qhdg=; b=OhAMcsn94jqhoDWdPxdodjZG7WE4YrKYZaOggK2BHU8+SXbgGGTJnftVX867b8pxjE39g5+ltOzZypqnarp1mR3hFZq3WjYzrrmUNcGUdakdsmLP2WlIB9WXqQFmSq1ddrm1KhsFj2m5k+2TSirM55C1Zk/MyQfxbLQF8khGJq8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=px/nMvvK53Cl/yT3Mc7bxlXuM9R9VmSDmOLQsg/Hje1FHXbjPWneYULRYbDnYMZgYVFFV/VgAzuXcRhK2zjdguQ/ylnNANwjYwGQZGGqDO7lhDy6xGXReui4aHW8jY8B68Xbl8c3OwGvgVBMrDX7awez4QOEhEz4QxnjZOI4xgs= Received: by 10.65.141.18 with SMTP id t18mr900457qbn.1190365048946; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:57:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.66.70.60? ( [203.83.248.32]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e13sm296981qba.2007.09.21.01.57.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:57:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46F38757.3060609@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:26:55 +0530 From: Subhro Kar Organization: Yahoo! Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070904) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dhaneshk k References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 OpenPGP: id=84D66E44 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cheaper backup mechnism for a server 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: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:57:41 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, dhaneshk k sat at his 'pewter and typed on 09/21/07 13:55: > Hi ; > > A general question pls excuse me > > can any body suggest a backup mechanism for a server machine , which has > a web portal , email server ,PgSQL database 4GB size , DNS server, > Mailman , and a mediawiki applications running in a single machine . > > Can you suggest good solutions , for the server Backup mechanism so > that I can restore all the data just before the crashing moment . > > pls share your expertise , it will help me lot to secure my data in the > server machine .. If you wish to have 0 downtime then the only option is a separate failover server. However much you try, if you do not have a separate box to failover to, it is not possible to do a 0 downtime switchover. Regarding the backup solution, you can either buy an external Hard Disk and back up to it. Alternatively you can back up to tape drives or to NFS mounted volumes. Thanks Subhro - -- ______________________________________ / The nice thing about Windows is - It \ | does not just crash, it displays a | | dialog box and lets you press 'OK' | \ first. (Arno Schaefer's .sig) / -------------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (@@)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || || -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG84dXDA+HioTWbkQRAu2RAKDJMztsQAu2oLuMaKt/vFEvf3YdewCgupn/ eozM9rJAJzKmkTSPSBA4oQc= =8sWc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----