From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 23 21:13:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32AAA106567E for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:13:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gull@gull.us) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C108E8FC12 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:13:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkbzs8 with SMTP id zs8so4953653bkb.13 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:13:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.157.4 with SMTP id z4mr2793975bkw.36.1316812436427; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:13:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.148.66 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:13:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [128.95.17.219] In-Reply-To: <4E7CF443.2000701@speakeasy.net> References: <4E7CF443.2000701@speakeasy.net> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:13:56 -0700 Message-ID: From: David Brodbeck To: "Jason C. Wells" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: rsync over nfs or rsync protocol X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:13:58 -0000 On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Jason C. Wells wrote: > I am looking into finally setting up a backup solution that's a little mo= re > sophisticated than a bunch of DVD-RWs. =A0I have two servers. =A0I'd like= to > make each a backup server for the other. =A0I'm considering using rsync. > > Is rsync a good choice for a backup tool? rsync is good for mirroring one file tree to another. If you want a complete backup system centering around rsync, check out Back= upPC. NFS will let you mount one server's files from another, but you'll still need to use something to copy the files over; either rsync or something else.