Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:38:07 +0400 From: Dmitriy Kirhlarov <dkirhlarov@oilspace.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backups Message-ID: <20060331183806.GC767@dimma.mow.oilspace.com> In-Reply-To: <BKEEIELDKGBIGNAKFNKKCEIBDCAA.brian@icecomms.ie> References: <BKEEIELDKGBIGNAKFNKKCEIBDCAA.brian@icecomms.ie>
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On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 07:01:10PM +0100, Brian Doherty wrote: > Firstly let me say that I'm not sure if this is the right list to post to, > so if I am incorrect I apologise. Also if there is a better list for me to > post to, please direct me to it. > > I have built a redundant freeBSD box for my mail server, and for my > webserver, and am putting the redundant boxes in a different geographic > location. I am looking for a way to backup the relevant data on the current > mail and webservers to the new redundant boxes every night. I could use scp > and do a full backup every night but I remember hearing of a piece of bsd > software that can compare the two file systems and just copy the changes. > This would dramatically cut down on the traffic across the link between the > machines. > > Is there a tried and trusted method of doing this? rsync, unison WBR -- Dmitriy Kirhlarov OILspace, 26 Leninskaya sloboda, bld. 2, 2nd floor, 115280 Moscow, Russia P:+7 495 105 7247 ext.203 F:+7 495 105 7246 E:DmitriyKirhlarov@oilspace.com OILspace - The resource enriched - www.oilspace.com
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