Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:11:18 -0500 From: Danny <nocmonkey@gmail.com> To: Sitkei Attila <freebsd-questions@pmihiv.hu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely Message-ID: <addc34c6050103081160830477@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <41D93287.8070105@pmihiv.hu> References: <20041230175745.A151A16A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <41D455CF.2040802@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <41D93287.8070105@pmihiv.hu>
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:54:47 +0100, Sitkei Attila <freebsd-questions@pmihiv.hu> wrote: > > >>> From a backup point of view, my goal... > >> > >> > >> On a nightly and automated basis - to take a snapshot of all new and > >> modified data from a FreeBSD server and Windows server. Then compress > >> and hopefully encrypt the data and send it to a remote FreeBSD server > >> through some form of efficient and secure file transfer. Uncompressed > >> the nightly data may total ~20MB. > > > > It is worth to take a look at http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/, which is > a tool focusing on automated (`lazy') or snapshot backup. Supported are most > unices, there is no FreeBSD-port however. A windows' client utility is work > in progress, though usable via cygwin now. Its main advantages: > * backups via encrypted streams, public key infrastucture > * only modified parts are to be transported > * preserving the overwritten or deleted files > * quota-support > * userland RAID-option I had never heard of boxbackup before, so thank you for the link! This tool appears to be the closest to what I am looking for. Hopefully the development continues. Cheers, ...D
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