From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 31 18:40:20 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 1B4C016A400 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:40:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nik@optim.com.ru) Received: from mail.optim-mol.cemu.ru (mail.optim-mol.cemu.ru [83.102.188.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D30043D45 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:40:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nik@optim.com.ru) Received: from mail.optim-mol.cemu.ru (mail.optim-mol.cemu.ru [83.102.188.27]) by mail.optim-mol.cemu.ru (8.13.5/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2VIe6Gc010651 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:40:06 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from nik@optim.com.ru) Received: (from www@localhost) by mail.optim-mol.cemu.ru (8.13.5/8.13.4/Submit) id k2VIe5ZF010647; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:40:05 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from nik@optim.com.ru) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.optim-mol.cemu.ru: www set sender to nik@optim.com.ru using -f Received: from 128.42.76.159 (SquirrelMail authenticated user nik) by mail.optim-mol.cemu.ru with HTTP; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:40:05 +0400 (MSD) Message-ID: <2785.128.42.76.159.1143830405.squirrel@mail.optim-mol.cemu.ru> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:40:05 +0400 (MSD) From: nik@optim.com.ru To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, score=-100.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=disabled version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on mail.optim-mol.cemu.ru 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 18:40:20 -0000 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" >