From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 14:41:10 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 3EF2316A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:41:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-83.apple.com [17.250.248.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8152E43D31 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:41:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin08-en2 [10.13.10.153]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.6/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id hBTMk1js022290; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:46:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.193] (nfw2.codefab.com [66.234.138.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin08/MantshX 3.0) with ESMTP id hBTMf68v024430; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:41:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1072736923.2420.0.camel@prick> References: <20031229221921.24860.qmail@web41410.mail.yahoo.com> <1072736923.2420.0.camel@prick> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v609) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <16EAB4FF-3A50-11D8-9B18-003065ABFD92@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:41:06 -0500 To: Matthew Juszczak X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: Backup Server 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: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:41:10 -0000 On Dec 29, 2003, at 5:28 PM, Matthew Juszczak wrote: > But there would only be one client .. the machine behind my > firewall...connecting to the two servers, which are publically > available. No problem. Set up a cron job on your machine behind it's firewall, which does something like: 1 1 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsync -az --delete -e ssh server1:/stuff /PATH_TO_BACKUPS/server1/ 1 2 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsync -az --delete -e ssh server2:/more_stuff /PATH_TO_BACKUPS/server2/ 1 3 * * * # run backup script like Amanda, dump, etc here... -- -Chuck