GAH: Disregard my reponse regarding using dump and restore. I found a link stating that use of these programs are not recommended per response from Linus Torvalds himself. Here is the reference: http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/rhl9/rhl-sap-en-9/s1-disaster-rhlspec.php3 Dan -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jon D. Slater Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:40 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Backup solutions? Welty, Richard wrote: >i suggest that you actually work out some requirements for your >backup system ("not so paranoid" is a little light on the details). > >the usual concerns are things like this: > >natural disaster (fire? flood? etc.) > >man made disaster (theft? arson?) > >power or network failure (handling this implies remote site) > >archival requirements (do i need to go back in time? > how far back? how granular?) > >archival usually puts you into tape. remote backup site generally >pushes you towards some sort of rsync replications solution. > >be aware that you can't simply rsync an rdbms, you need to do a dump >and then restore or store the dump file as needed. alternatively, >there are replication solutions for most rdbms systems (for both >MySQL and PostgreSQL in the open source world, don't know about >Firebird.) > >if you end up going archival with tape/cd/dvd, be sure to regularly >check the media to make sure it works. i am aware of cases where >the sysadmins made bad tapes due to a bad drive for months and months, >assuming things were ok because the system didn't error when the >tapes were cut. oops. > >richard > Hi Richard, You are absolutely right... I should have supplied more details. My requirements are minimal. I have two machines (1 - FC4, and 1 - XP) that I'd like to back up. I don't need any archival on either machine. My primary concern is hard disk failure. FC4 box requirements: The FC4 box is running several websites with accompanying mySQL db's. The websites are all maintained under individual logins, under /home Everything else on the machine could recovered easily enough, so the only backups would be of /home and the mySQL db's. I've gotten the XP backup worked out. I use the Windows backup utility to a mapped Samba drive. (Which works fine for me.) I do a repeating cycle of 1 complete backup followed by 6 incremental backups, done daily. Then I re-use the same files every 7 days. In the event of a drive failure, I don't mind being down for a bit (even a few days), but I'd hate to lose any of my content. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 10/21/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 10/21/2005
