On 3/18/2012 2:35 PM, Justin Finkelstein wrote: > Hi all > > I've a backup scenario I'm wanting to implement with bacula, but need > some advice about whether this is a correct, stable approach. > > The scenario is this: our office want an off-site backup, preferably > using bacula as we're used to it. Due to the slow nature of our > office's ADSL link, we want to do this: > > 1. We set up a box with a RAID5 array to store backed-up data > 2. Do one full backup of all of our data (about 1TB) before taking > the machine off-site > 3. Do monthly full backups of the data, with daily differential > backups (rather than incremental) to make restoration reasonably quick > (daily backups amount to ~50MB max) > > Having talked to someone on the #bacula IRC channel, they've suggested > we start with a Base backup type, so my strategy would be this: > > 1. Create a Base backup with the machine on-site > 2. Configure monthly Full backups based on the base, to run off-site > 3. Configure daily differentials as per normal > 4. Set up bacula-fd to encrypt all data submitted as per > instructions online > 5. Set up SSH tunnels into the office to run bacula over > > Does this sound reasonably sensible?
Consider using virtual full backups instead of normal full backups. Virtual full jobs take the previous base+full+diff+incremental jobs and merge them into a single full job. A virtual full requires no interaction at all with the client, so is a good match for backup over a slow link. You might also consider using daily incremental backups, rather than daily differential backups, since that would also cut down on FD to SD transfers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
