From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 10 22:50:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04FD9106566C for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:50:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from ozzie.tundraware.com (ozzie.tundraware.com [75.145.138.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4BDE8FC18 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:50:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (viper.tundraware.com [192.168.0.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by ozzie.tundraware.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o6AMnxCo011855 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:49:59 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Message-ID: <4C38F917.7090208@tundraware.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:49:59 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100512 Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.5 (ozzie.tundraware.com [75.145.138.73]); Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:49:59 -0500 (CDT) X-TundraWare-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-TundraWare-MailScanner-ID: o6AMnxCo011855 X-TundraWare-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-TundraWare-MailScanner-From: tundra@tundraware.com X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: Global backup solution for FBSD & Ubuntu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:50:08 -0000 On 7/4/2010 4:43 PM, bsd wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to build a global backup solution for couple of strategic servers (7) based on two operating systems : > > - FreeBSD (6 - 7 // soon 7 - 8) > - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS > > These servers are hosting some strategic components mainly related to DNS infrastructure and databases. > > > For the moment I am backing up these server using network based backup solution: > > - A "duplicity" based solution which backs up key directories in my infrastructure on a remote FTP server provided by my hosting company. > - A "dump" of some key components which I am doing on regular basis for FreeBSD servers. > - Duplicity is also used for the Ubuntu servers. > - Databases are replicated "live" on a remote server using "slony" for the most strategic ones (Postgres DB) and using mysql dump export for MySQL. > > > • I am not a 100% sure these solutions will allow me to restart rapidly from a crash, specially for Ubuntu servers. > • I would like to know which solution(s) you have deployed at what cost for what results ? > > I am actually considering couple of different solutions > > - SAIT solution and backula. > - Disk based solution (maybe also with backula). > … > > > I have couple of servers that will reach their end of life that could be recycled as backup solution at a very convenient price… > > > Thanks for you help. > > ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ > Gregober ---> PGP ID --> 0x1BA3C2FD > bsd @at@ todoo.biz Followup FYI: http://www.mondorescue.org/ -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/