-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 18:52:30 +0530 TAC Forums <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi > > We just got a new requirement: To automated the backup of the all the > data on the network with the option of being able to retrieve/restore > a file upto any 7 days. > > Current Setup: > - 14 Windows workstations - 45 GB > - 1 Linux server (Redhat). - 80 GB > Total Backup: 125 GB (Max would grow to 200 GB in the next 2-3 years) > > I was planing to use rsync with SSH on Windows and the Linux server > and schedule the script to copy the files/folders to a Debian based > Linux server in the following folder structure: > > /backup/Monday/server > /backup/Monday/ws01 > /backup/Monday/ws02 > /backup/Monday/ws03 > . > . > /backup/Tuesday/server > /backup/Tuesday/ws01 > /backup/Tuesday/ws02 > /backup/Tuesday/ws03 > . > . > > This would mean I'd need the Debian server storage capacity would > need to be at least 200 GB x 7 = 1.4 TB. > > Question: Is there a better way to do what I'm doing? And is there > already a piece of software that exists on the NET that does what I'm > doing better and I should trying to re-invent the wheel? :-) Apt-get install backuppc. It does the incremental backups others have suggested. It can use rsync, samba, nfs, ssh & tar for backups on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X clients. It also implements pooling, so that if you have an identical file on 5 computers, it only keeps one copy of it instead of 5. The web interface makes it very easy to retrieve a single file from any of the backups and you can configure how many backups it keeps around. I currently have mine keeping 6 days of incrementals, 2 weekly full backups and 2 monthly full backups. This gives me the ability to pull files from recent backups, as well as have a little insurance going back 2 months. I would expect your disk usage to be around half of the 1.4TB estimate you mention above, if you use BackupPC. It also has other extras, such as the ability to give users logins to the web interface. Based on their username, it will then restrict their access so that they can only retrieve files from their own computers and can't see which other computers/files have been backed up by the backup server. HTH, Jacob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD44gDkpJ43hY3cTURAl5eAKCfD5mMcgwNw/RT4jl9SXbFPxy8ygCfXfYf KnuQgKjTqVdRq6yZlGMbPQg= =moVc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
