On (01/10/05 08:47), Michael Perry wrote: > After doing backups to tape for a long time using things lika Amanda, I > finally settled on my own approach which actually works decently for me. I > have a primary Linux server here at home which does samba, vpn, apache, nfs. > I setup a second linux box on some older hardware with a 3ware 2 port SATA > controller and 2 250g sata drives. I found a really good resource for doing > rsync backups and followed some/most of it one way or the other. > > http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ > > Thats the overall place I went to read about rsync backups. What I do is > simply do cron jobs that backup several directories to the second box > including samba shares like documents, mp3s. I also save all my mail folders > there. > > This approach works really well for me. The backup box is configured as a > RAID1 array and I exported the ssh keys between them. So I have like 250g > total for backups. When I want to go bigger, I'll probably just get a 4 port > SATA controller and buy 2 more drives or something.
I used this reference and another to setup automated backup and put some notes and links here: http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk/selfhelp/FileServer_Install_manual.html Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
