Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 18:15:12 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: Simon <simon@optinet.com>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: network backup Message-ID: <20021213231512.GD2513@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <20021213130840.Q13951-100000@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> References: <20021213180527.6B64543EA9@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20021213130840.Q13951-100000@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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"Ang utong ko ay sasabog sa sarap!" exclaimed Chris Dillon while reading this message on Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 13:28 and then responded with: > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Simon wrote: > > I don't *just* want to make a backup. I want to back it up using an > > efficient method because I'm dealing with terabytes of data. I can't > > just back so much data daily over network and compress it. I have to > > do incremental backups and compression on the fly is a must to save > > disk space. > It sounds like you're really looking for a commercial tool like > Veritas NetBackup. The server part of NetBackup won't run on FreeBSD > (maybe the Linux version would run under the Linuxulator), but they do > have a FreeBSD-native backup agent. The server can run on many > differerent Unix platforms, as well as Windows and Linux. > I'm not sure which other commercial backup tools out there have > FreeBSD-native backup agents, but I know there are at least a couple > of others that do. I have a 'supertar' that runs on BSD - called LoneTar. It's an enhanced tar and you can backup to remote devices. What I like for local backups is that it rewinds the tape and does a bit level compare of the tape with the disk and then emails me a copy. I have a site in DC that mails to the local people, the guy who sold them the system [he's in Atlanta] and a copy to me, here in Florida. That way I'll always see it and let the guy in Atlanta know about it, even if the DC folks don't see it. I had it on several client's machines on SCO in the past. But it's not like a network backup but works for single machines backing up to far files or devices. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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