From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 18 09:18:51 2009 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 CF38E106566B for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:18:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DEE98FC19 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:18:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NLYyR-0006b1-TG for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:18:11 +0100 Received: from p54b274bf.dip.t-dialin.net ([84.178.116.191]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:18:11 +0100 Received: from usselmann.m by p54b274bf.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:18:11 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Manfred Usselmann Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:16:01 +0100 Organization: ICG IT Consulting GmbH Lines: 36 Message-ID: <20091218101601.219da8e0.usselmann.m@icg-online.de> References: <74692B50-D390-4CE4-9ED3-CA5B46CE8697@todoo.biz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p54b274bf.dip.t-dialin.net X-Newsreader: Sylpheed 3.0.0beta4 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i686-pc-mingw32) Sender: news Subject: Re: incremental FTP backup program 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, 18 Dec 2009 09:18:51 -0000 On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:29:54 +0100 bsd wrote: > Hello, > > I have been provided with a 1To backup space by my hosting company… > unfortunately It is only accessible by FTP which does not allow me to > do the regular backup / restore I use to do using RSYNC. > > > What are the options I have in order to do the backup / restore of > the files knowing that : > > 1. I would like to have a time based backup solution (incremental > with sub-folder for daily backup so I can restore files from xxx days > ago). > > 2. I need to use ftp as a transport > > 3. Some of my servers have limited space so doing a local sync then > FTP will not be possible. > > 4. If possible I would like a bullet proof solution ideally "well > known" | tested and available from the port tree. > > > In fact what I would be looking for is something like "rsnapshot" but > with FTP transport / compatibility. Have a look at duplicity (http://duplicity.nongnu.org/). It can use ftp as transport and uses the rsync algorithm so only the changed parts of files are sent to the archive when doing an incremental backup. Manfred