Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:05:39 -0500 From: Dany <dany_list@natzo.com> To: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Backing up programs Message-ID: <3FF31E03.3030805@natzo.com> In-Reply-To: <20031231133300.Q48900@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <20031231124856.C48743@zoraida.natserv.net> <3FF31447.2050400@natzo.com> <20031231133300.Q48900@zoraida.natserv.net>
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Francisco Reyes wrote: >On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Dany wrote: > > > >>On my file server I have 2 drives. >> >> > >I also have two drives on each of my machines. One for backup. >I also keep several days worth of backups in case I corrupt a file. >Overall I think I have the data part of the backup covered properly, >although I plan to backup some directories every few hours instead of >daily. > > > >>- Unison : 2-way synchronization using rsync/ssh, multi platform >>graphical interface. >> >> > >I use unison to backup data from a remote machine to my local machine, > > > >>- rsync : typical rsync that will mirror the source to the destination >> >> > >Why use both unison and rsync? Unison can do the same as rsync. > > Because it's one-way, so no worries about conflicts. I know I'm not supposed to change the destination files but I like to use a one-way backup solution. > > >>- rsync-backup : it's based on rsync but you get the advantage of >>incremental backups so you can restore from a specific date. You can >>also purge the backup by removing old stuff. >> >> > >Will look it up. > > I made two mistakes in my description. First the tool is call rdiff-backup (and not rsync-backup which also exists) : http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/index.html Secondly, for the OS, I also use rdiff-backup and not rsync so I have a fast, space efficient, incremental backup of the OS too ! PS: On the same web page you will also find a link to another tool call duplicity (http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/duplicity.html). You can do remote backup but in that case the image can be stored on a remote FTP server and encrypted with GPG... sweet if you're planning to use the disk space of your ISP for backups! Cheers Dany > > >>A couple of cron jobs take care of the different backups at night. >> >> > >Same thing here, except that I plan to do some dierctories more often (ie >emails). > > > >>I don't know if that answers to your question but I thought that could >>give you some ideas. >> >> > >Didn't really answer what I asked, but all suggestions/feedback/comments >on how other people are doing things are always welcome. It helps to see >other possible solutions to what one is doing. I am a firm believer in >learning from the experience of others if they are willing to dedicate the >time to share their experience with me. :-) > >
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