From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 21 04:42:12 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B9A716A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 04:42:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from deathnet.id.au (203-217-32-53.dyn.iinet.net.au [203.217.32.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B98E043D3F for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 04:42:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from admin-list@deathnet.id.au) Received: (qmail 50730 invoked from network); 21 Mar 2005 04:44:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.74?) (192.168.1.74) by deathnet.id.au with SMTP; 21 Mar 2005 04:44:49 -0000 Message-ID: <423E50A1.7090809@deathnet.id.au> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:42:09 +1100 From: "admin-list@deathnet.id.au" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve References: <6.2.1.2.0.20050320194438.0205b4d8@mail.digitalbluesky.net> In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.0.20050320194438.0205b4d8@mail.digitalbluesky.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: interested to know the "right" way to backup a box to minimize downtime in case of a crash X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 04:42:12 -0000 Steve wrote: > I would like to know, in general, how people would configure that IBM > server to do a little more than just store simple backups from the > shuttle cube server. Really I would like a situation where if the > shuttle cube died, I could just dmz the IBM box to serve the webpages > and email that the shuttle cube does. It's not a "mission critical" > situation, but I just want to be able to come home from work the night > of a failure and without alot of work, swap the boxes. Here is how i back-up my FreeBSD server's: http://www.deathnet.id.au/docs/cd-rw-backup.shtml We are now doing the same backup strategy on DVD-RW. On top of this, i backup via ssh over internet to an off-site location about 15Km away. -- Cheers, Mick E-mail: admin-list@deathnet.id.au ¤°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ DeathNet - www.deathnet.id.au ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤