Re: [CentOS] question about backup regimens

2007-11-08 Thread John R Pierce
Marty Landman wrote: I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but don't know what so

Re: [CentOS] question about backup regimens

2007-11-08 Thread Toby Bluhm
Toby Bluhm wrote: Mark Snyder wrote: Tom Brown wrote: Reply was meant for Tom Brown's message, not Mark Snyder's . . . . -- Toby Bluhm Midwest Instruments Inc. 30825 Aurora Road Suite 100 Solon Ohio 44139 440-424-2240 ___ CentOS mailing list Ce

Re: [CentOS] question about backup regimens

2007-11-08 Thread Ray Leventhal
Marty Landman wrote: > I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running > CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup > device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of > system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but don't know > wh

Re: [CentOS] question about backup regimens

2007-11-08 Thread Toby Bluhm
Mark Snyder wrote: Tom Brown wrote: I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but

RE: [CentOS] question about backup regimens

2007-11-08 Thread Flaherty, Patrick
> Any recommendations would be appreciated. I use backuppc for all my backups. I never got the archiving fucntionality to work, so I take lvm snapshots of the backup directory and put them on tape. Patrick ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http:

Re: [CentOS] question about backup regimens

2007-11-08 Thread Mark Snyder
Tom Brown wrote: I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but don't know what so

Re: [CentOS] question about backup regimens

2007-11-08 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Marty Landman wrote: I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of system backups weekly and differential backups nightly bu

Re: [CentOS] question about backup regimens

2007-11-08 Thread Alain Spineux
Bacula is probably the most advanced backup tools: multi-server, multi-back-device... Run on windows, linux and under GPL. Packages available for mainstream distribution. Not easy to use nor configure, but arkeia, arcserver ... are no easy too ! On Nov 8, 2007 3:54 PM, Marty Landman <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [CentOS] question about backup regimens

2007-11-08 Thread Tom Brown
I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but don't know what software to recommend