Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:16:01 +0100 From: Manfred Usselmann <usselmann.m@icg-online.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: incremental FTP backup program Message-ID: <20091218101601.219da8e0.usselmann.m@icg-online.de> References: <74692B50-D390-4CE4-9ED3-CA5B46CE8697@todoo.biz>
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:29:54 +0100 bsd <bsd@todoo.biz> wrote: > Hello, > > I have been provided with a 1To backup space by my hosting company… > unfortunately It is only accessible by FTP which does not allow me to > do the regular backup / restore I use to do using RSYNC. > > > What are the options I have in order to do the backup / restore of > the files knowing that : > > 1. I would like to have a time based backup solution (incremental > with sub-folder for daily backup so I can restore files from xxx days > ago). > > 2. I need to use ftp as a transport > > 3. Some of my servers have limited space so doing a local sync then > FTP will not be possible. > > 4. If possible I would like a bullet proof solution ideally "well > known" | tested and available from the port tree. > > > In fact what I would be looking for is something like "rsnapshot" but > with FTP transport / compatibility. Have a look at duplicity (http://duplicity.nongnu.org/). It can use ftp as transport and uses the rsync algorithm so only the changed parts of files are sent to the archive when doing an incremental backup. Manfred
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