Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:11:24 -0600 From: Mark <boxend@redtick.homeunix.com> To: Danny <nocmonkey@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely Message-ID: <20041230171123.GA41869@redtick.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <addc34c6041230085576583b2@mail.gmail.com> References: <addc34c604123008137e9166a0@mail.gmail.com> <20041230163135.85147.qmail@web41407.mail.yahoo.com> <addc34c6041230085576583b2@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 11:55:18AM -0500, Danny wrote: > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:31:34 -0800 (PST), Dave McCammon > <davemac11@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I haven't caught all of this thread but I'll share > > what I do. > > I use rsync to sync file to a server for backup. > > 6 FreeBSD and one Win2K which have been set up to > > rsync at different times in the morning hours. > > Any of this communcation/transfer encrypted or compressed? What type > of backup would you compare your solution to -- incremental, > differential, full, etc.? > > How many GB's you transfer? > > > On the Win2k machine, I have cygwin running that I use > > to rsync the data over every night. I think there is > > rsync for windows but I liked the command line > > capabilities that cygwin gives me. > > All use ssh in the rsync. > [...] > > How do you restore files? > > > ...D > _______________________________________________ Thats the rub with windows, or I think so, you can back it up but getting it to reload is the big if. I've restored a few programs from a backup, they run but they appear as bastar* exe, not in the reg. but will run without errors. If you load fresh you lose updated stuff, database index is not right for the updated program. Sorry just a personal rant. No such thing as a perfect backup yet.
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