Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 20:23:05 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Phusion <phusion2k@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backing up large partitions Message-ID: <20070516002305.GB46204@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <c3ed3fdc0705151427t58bc30cav4037d4ac64c5c0eb@mail.gmail.com> References: <c3ed3fdc0705151427t58bc30cav4037d4ac64c5c0eb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 04:27:01PM -0500, Phusion wrote: > I need some advice on how to backup a UNIX server. The server has > multiple large partitions ranging from 200 to 400 GB. Also, the server > doesn't have a tape drive. We recently got a large NAS device that has > 2 TB of storage space. The UNIX server has Samba installed and can be > setup to mount a Windows network share. I would like the ability to > run full and incremental backups as well as restores. Let me know what > you think. Depends a little on what you will do, but generally you can run dump(8) to a file and that file can be located anywhere you can read/write. Dump is the UNIX backup soution. Now, if you want to create an alternate server, then consider rsync. Its in the ports. ////jerry > > Phusion > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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