From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 13 01:19:06 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C93F616A4CE for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 01:19:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bofh.spyderweb.com.au (219-90-237-65.ip.adam.com.au [219.90.237.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D2EC43D48 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 01:18:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from bofh.spyderweb.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bofh.spyderweb.com.au (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4D1FOss059254 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 10:46:13 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 10:45:24 +0930 From: Tim Aslat To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050513104524.730dc170@bofh.spyderweb.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20050512210337.U41972@neptune.atopia.net> References: <20050512210337.U41972@neptune.atopia.net> Organization: Spyderweb.com.au X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: backup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 01:19:06 -0000 On Thu, 12 May 2005 21:05:35 -0400 (EDT) Matt Juszczak wrote: > My server has an 18 gig drive in it. I'm looking to do incremental > backups every night, where my entire /ext partition will be mirrored > elsewhere (/ext is the only thing with anything special on it that > would need to be recreated). > > I was thinking of either backing up to my home machine, which for the > most part has a static IP (dynamic every 3-4 months), or getting an > external hard drive. The server is a 1U. > > Does anyone have any suggestions, both for how to do this, and what > kind of media to use? (External hard drive, tape drive, remote > backup to my home machine, etc.) I currently backup a 80Gb partition via my office DSL link using a script based around rsync (/usr/ports/net/rsync). it's one of the most brilliant programs around for this kind of thing. A quick search on google.com should provide examples of other people's scripts & solutions. Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au Phone: +61 8 84193434 Mobile: +61 0401088479