From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 00:11:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44DAE16A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:11:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D84D743D2F for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:11:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i8so354773rne for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:11:39 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=BBeYjgnJXFRevJLGujiQg0oTfSL+8t78NhBjgK83DrwC8aWt2c7N4hjMiAev630OhT0xtmKQ+O74NudjeE++aJwoiHHLDh1QOkLiLB/xTMO8aDzYkF7DfzwrIYkBpPQ4SRtrbchPlRSa77xGjwWZ2NpMwymFY+ppXXZk65h3EQk= Received: by 10.38.11.52 with SMTP id 52mr444973rnk; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:11:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.14.22 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:11:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <57d710000412291611151430fa@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:11:39 -0800 From: pete wright To: Danny In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: cc: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: pete wright List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:11:40 -0000 On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:15:27 -0500, Danny wrote: > Good day to you all, > > I would greatly appreciate any recommendations, related experiences, > and tips for the following goal: > > On a monthly and manual basis - to take a snapshot of data from a > FreeBSD server and Windows server. Then compress and hopefully encrypt > the data and send it to a remote FreeBSD server through some form of > efficient and secure file transfer. Uncompressed a snapshot of all the > data may total over ~8GB. > > On a nightly and automated basis - to take a snapshot of all new and > modified data from a FreeBSD server and Windows server. Then compress > and hopefully encrypt the data and send it to a remote FreeBSD server > through some form of efficient and secure file transfer. Uncompressed > the nightly data may total ~20MB. > > Anytime (assuming the remote server IS available, of course) - have > the ability to access the data and restore the data files to any > systems respective of what type it came from (Windows or BSD, etc). > And if a full restore was necessary, the data may total over 10GB. > > Hardware and network-wise... here is what I was thinking: > > FreeBSD & Windows Servers on the LAN > | > | LAN - firewalled > v > FreeBSD server where all the data would be collected and compressed > v > | > | Internet - secure connection or transport of some type (SCP, SSH, VPN, etc.) > | > | Remote co-lo > v > FreeBSB server where all the data would be stored with at least RAID 1 > here is a helpfull link that address's a similar issue: http://www.freebsddiary.org/bacula.php I have found bacula to be a very nice solution. it is also reasonable trivial to run bacula through a stunell. here is the link to the bacula site: www.bacula.org -pete > Thank you! > > ...D > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group