From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 28 19:10:33 2002 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 47AB437B401; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 19:10:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp03.wxs.nl (smtp03.wxs.nl [195.121.6.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 283F543EB2; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 19:10:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from cybertron.kruijff ([213.10.151.186]) by smtp03.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H7V25H00.EOP; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 04:10:29 +0100 Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 04:09:47 +0100 From: Alex X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.62 Christmas Edition) Personal Reply-To: Alex , questions@freebsd.org X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <5954531822.20021229040947@dds.nl> To: Patrick Cable II Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd&Re: Backup Solutions In-Reply-To: <3E0DC536.8010001@slaudiovis.org> References: <3E0DC536.8010001@slaudiovis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear/Beste Patrick, Saturday, December 28, 2002, 4:37:26 PM, you wrote: > Hello all, > What do you use for a backup solution for your freebsd server? > I've got a server running mail and web that I would like to back up > on a regular basis. Some of the ideas ive heard: > o Buy a second server, and rsync the two > o Tape backup (Whats a good freebsd friendly drive?) > o DVD-RAM (Is it even supported in FreeBSD?) > o USB hard drive By a second disk. A RAID solution would keep them in sync every second. I let the machine make a zip file during the night. (You can block off services to be sure no changes happen during the backup.) Because of idprio/nice you can still work it can still work on it. (make install or so) > What works for you? More importantly: Am i sending this to > the wrong list? And if so, could you point me in the right > direction? I would send this to the questions list. I adjusted the message accordingly. -- Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet, Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message