On (19/12/05 19:57), Daniel Webb wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:17:31AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > moving slightly OT, but I was thinking the other day about my critical > > backups. they arent very big, a few MB. I currently backup to another > > machine on my network, which I know is not really secure. (why would the > > fire only burn half the office? why would the thief only take one of > > three machines? etc). So I've got 10 megs of space on an unused website. > > can you use rsync with ftp somehow and get an automated backup to that > > location? hmm.... > > I'd love to get comments from people who are interested in the topic of robust > home backups on my web page on this issue: > > http://danielwebb.us/software/backup/ > > In the case you're talking about, I suggest rdiff-backup assuming you can ssh > to the web server. The downside of just using (automated) rsync is that if > you get corruption on your main system it may be copied to the remote system > before you realize it, and the whole point of backup would be lost.
Not if you 'snapshot' your backups - I found some helpful links and set up a backup regime that keeps daily backups for a week, weekly backups for a month, and 6 monthly backups. So should you delete or corrupt a file, you can go back up to six months to recover it. The links are included here under 'Automatic data backup': 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]
