On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 12:25, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > On 4/18/06, Benjamin Franz <snowhare@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > > > > > I would like to know what backup methods do you use for your data. So > > > far, I am aware of: > > > > > > - cp/scp > > > - rync > > > - rdiff-backup > > > - archiving and relocating (tar, gz, bzip2, zip) > > > > An in-house Perl script that uses rsync over ssh along with hardlinking to > > create a set of 8 daily, 5 weekly, 3 monthly and 2 quarterly backups in a > > set of directories that appear as full image backups on a dedicated > > machine while taking about the same disk space as a single full > > backup+diffs. It currently handles about 20 servers with around a terabyte > > of data net. I've been using it for something like 5 years now. > > > > -- > > Benjamin Franz > > > > Sweet! Note that backuppc does approximately the same thing, but also allows tar, smb, or rsync to be used for the transfers, compresses the data besides linking duplicates, and gives you a nice web interface for browsing backups and doing restores. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
