From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Dec 13 15:15:46 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED54137B401 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:15:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (user38.net339.fl.sprint-hsd.net [65.40.24.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCC5743EC2 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:15:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bv@wjv.com) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (localhost.wjv.com [127.0.0.1]) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBDNFEup003367; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 18:15:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bv@wjv.com) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBDNFCvY003366; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 18:15:12 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 18:15:12 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion To: Chris Dillon Cc: Simon , Dan Nelson , "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: network backup Message-ID: <20021213231512.GD2513@wjv.com> Reply-To: bv@wjv.com References: <20021213180527.6B64543EA9@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20021213130840.Q13951-100000@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021213130840.Q13951-100000@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.2 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,NOSPAM_INC,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, SPAM_PHRASE_02_03,USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "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