Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:04:42 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: krzysztof <cs052279@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mirroring Question Message-ID: <200112132104.fBDL4gd11941@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:18:30 PST." <20011213201830.20558.qmail@web14807.mail.yahoo.com>
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> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:18:30 -0800 (PST) > From: krzysztof <cs052279@yahoo.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Hello, > > I am installing a backup firewall for the current > one I have. The theory is if my current one crashes > due to hardware I would be back up in minutes. My > question is what could I use to mirror critical files > to the firewall backup box? As a last resort I might > use automated ftp to perform this task but I think > there has to be a better solution. My current boxes > are both running 4.4-Stable. Thanks in advance for > any help. Normally I'd suggest rsync. It's made for that job and it runs over an encrypted link. It's "smart" in that it only copies changes and it can compress for use across slow links (though I doubt you care). I use to make regular updates of our backup configuration management system data at a remote location and have always had excellent results. The reason I am a bit uncomfortable is that V2.5.0 just came out and it seems very flaky. I suspect a new, bug-fix release will follow soon, but, for the moment, I'd suggest installing an older release, possibly from about 2 weeks ago. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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