From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 30 2: 2:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F7DF37B401 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:02:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from vienna9.his.com (vienna9.his.com [216.200.68.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75DC043EA9 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 02:02:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from [10.0.1.5] (shub@[127.0.0.1]) by vienna9.his.com (8.11.6/8.10.1) with ESMTP id gBU6GUf01081; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 01:16:30 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3E0EBC49.86AD7E28@mindspring.com> References: <3E0DC536.8010001@slaudiovis.org> <3E0EBC49.86AD7E28@mindspring.com> X-Grok: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Reply-By: Wed, 1 Jan 1984 12:34:56 +0100 Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 21:55:09 -0600 To: Terry Lambert From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: Backup Solutions Cc: Patrick Cable II , chat@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 1:11 AM -0800 2002/12/29, Terry Lambert wrote: > I expect that the correct thing to do is to have a replica and > a non-volatile backup mechanism, in combination. Sounds good. But what are good tools to achieve these goals? Myself, I would be interested in extending this question to also cover PC/Windows & Macintosh (MacOS X) clients, in addition to the FreeBSD server. So, in addition to backing up the server itself, you also need software to back the clients up to the server, which can then be rolled into the server "data" to be backed up. Is there an Amanda PC/Windows client? Or an Amanda MacOS X client? What about the handling of tape swapping, archiving, and other things normally done with stackers and libraries? > I also suggest that you avoid the "active file can't be backed up" > problem, by choosing the correct software (and no, "snapshots" are > not good enough, because they don't trap the right state for the > implied metadata, among other deficiencies). Good point. What are good tools to avoid this problem, at least with regards to FreeBSD? -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message