Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 11:11:23 +0300 From: "Iantcho Vassilev" <ianchov@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backups Message-ID: <18e02bd30604020011p661bd5eem832a43d0b67c0b2f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <442DBBCB.7030501@bitparts.org> References: <BKEEIELDKGBIGNAKFNKKCEIBDCAA.brian@icecomms.ie> <442DBBCB.7030501@bitparts.org>
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On 4/1/06, J. Buck Caldwell <freebsd@bitparts.org> wrote: > > Unison is your answer. I've been using it to synchronize the data on 20 > branch servers with the big corporate server for backup onto one big > tape drive every night for the last two years. Email me if you need help > setting it up. > > ports/net/unison > > 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? > > > > BTW I perform backups at the current site onto tape and will continue t= o > do > > so, I may perform tape backup at the new site too. Is this over kill? > > > > Brian > > > > Unison is good but it does not preserve the setuid/setguid permissions.. So if this is important maybe use rdiff or rsync?
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