Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:40:05 +0400 (MSD) From: nik@optim.com.ru To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backups Message-ID: <2785.128.42.76.159.1143830405.squirrel@mail.optim-mol.cemu.ru> In-Reply-To: <BKEEIELDKGBIGNAKFNKKCEIBDCAA.brian@icecomms.ie> References: <BKEEIELDKGBIGNAKFNKKCEIBDCAA.brian@icecomms.ie>
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Just go for incremental backups with dump/restore or use rsync. > 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? > > BTW I perform backups at the current site onto tape and will continue to > do > so, I may perform tape backup at the new site too. Is this over kill? > > Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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