From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 31 18:38:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5530216A42A for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:38:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkirhlarov@localhost.oilspace.com) Received: from office.oilspace.com (office.oilspace.com [194.129.65.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1FF643D48 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:38:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkirhlarov@localhost.oilspace.com) Received: from dimma.mow.oilspace.com (hq.oilspace.com [81.19.78.185]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by office.oilspace.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A2D8136D17 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:38:08 +0100 (BST) Received: from dimma.mow.oilspace.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dimma.mow.oilspace.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k2VIc7pV016199 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:38:07 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from dkirhlarov@localhost.oilspace.com) Received: (from dkirhlarov@localhost) by dimma.mow.oilspace.com (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id k2VIc7lo016198 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:38:07 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from dkirhlarov) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:38:07 +0400 From: Dmitriy Kirhlarov To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060331183806.GC767@dimma.mow.oilspace.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Mutt-ng devel (2005-03-13) based on Mutt 1.5.9 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r581 (FreeBSD) Subject: Re: Backups X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:38:10 -0000 On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 07:01:10PM +0100, Brian Doherty wrote: > Firstly let me say that I'm not sure if this is the right list to post to, > so if I am incorrect I apologise. Also if there is a better list for me to > post to, please direct me to it. > > I have built a redundant freeBSD box for my mail server, and for my > webserver, and am putting the redundant boxes in a different geographic > location. I am looking for a way to backup the relevant data on the current > mail and webservers to the new redundant boxes every night. I could use scp > and do a full backup every night but I remember hearing of a piece of bsd > software that can compare the two file systems and just copy the changes. > This would dramatically cut down on the traffic across the link between the > machines. > > Is there a tried and trusted method of doing this? rsync, unison WBR -- Dmitriy Kirhlarov OILspace, 26 Leninskaya sloboda, bld. 2, 2nd floor, 115280 Moscow, Russia P:+7 495 105 7247 ext.203 F:+7 495 105 7246 E:DmitriyKirhlarov@oilspace.com OILspace - The resource enriched - www.oilspace.com