From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 31 10:35:44 2003 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 5F0BF16A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:35:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.acecape.com (mail1.acecape.com [66.114.74.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32AEF43D4C for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:35:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists@natserv.com) Received: from p65-147.acedsl.com (p65-147.acedsl.com [66.114.65.147]) by mail1.acecape.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBVIZgEi032307; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:35:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:37:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Francisco Reyes X-X-Sender: fran@zoraida.natserv.net To: Dany In-Reply-To: <3FF31447.2050400@natzo.com> Message-ID: <20031231133300.Q48900@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <20031231124856.C48743@zoraida.natserv.net> <3FF31447.2050400@natzo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: Backing up programs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:35:44 -0000 On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Dany wrote: > On my file server I have 2 drives. I also have two drives on each of my machines. One for backup. I also keep several days worth of backups in case I corrupt a file. Overall I think I have the data part of the backup covered properly, although I plan to backup some directories every few hours instead of daily. > - Unison : 2-way synchronization using rsync/ssh, multi platform > graphical interface. I use unison to backup data from a remote machine to my local machine, > - rsync : typical rsync that will mirror the source to the destination Why use both unison and rsync? Unison can do the same as rsync. > - rsync-backup : it's based on rsync but you get the advantage of > incremental backups so you can restore from a specific date. You can > also purge the backup by removing old stuff. Will look it up. > A couple of cron jobs take care of the different backups at night. Same thing here, except that I plan to do some dierctories more often (ie emails). > I don't know if that answers to your question but I thought that could > give you some ideas. Didn't really answer what I asked, but all suggestions/feedback/comments on how other people are doing things are always welcome. It helps to see other possible solutions to what one is doing. I am a firm believer in learning from the experience of others if they are willing to dedicate the time to share their experience with me. :-)