Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 15:18:57 -0300 (BRT) From: scuba@centroin.com.br To: Phusion <phusion2k@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backing up large partitions Message-ID: <20070516151608.N79771@trex.centroin.com.br> In-Reply-To: <c3ed3fdc0705151427t58bc30cav4037d4ac64c5c0eb@mail.gmail.com> References: <c3ed3fdc0705151427t58bc30cav4037d4ac64c5c0eb@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Tue, 15 May 2007, Phusion wrote: |I need some advice on how to backup a UNIX server. The server has |multiple large partitions ranging from 200 to 400 GB. Also, the server |doesn't have a tape drive. We recently got a large NAS device that has |2 TB of storage space. The UNIX server has Samba installed and can be |setup to mount a Windows network share. I would like the ability to |run full and incremental backups as well as restores. Let me know what |you think. Take a look at rsnapshot (it's in ports), it uses rsync with hardlinks to decrease the size of incremental backups. - Marcelo
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