Re: server backup

2014-09-15 Thread Tim Meusel
On 15.09.2014 09:44, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 11:56:35AM -0600, Glenn English wrote: >> What do you server admins use for backup? I use duply for data backups. Pros: - push backups via ssh - encrypted with gpg key1 - signed with gpg key2 - built in file checksumming my s

Re: server backup

2014-09-15 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 11:56:35AM -0600, Glenn English wrote: > What do you server admins use for backup? Personally (not professionally), I only back up user data, and use a puppet recipe to configure my servers, so that if I need to restore them I can do so by running the puppet script on a pri

Re: server backup

2014-09-14 Thread David Christensen
On 09/14/2014 10:56 AM, Glenn English wrote: What do you server admins use for backup? For the past decade or so, I've been using a SCSI Quantum DLT 120 tape device and Amanda software. It's been wonderful, but the tape drive's been making mistakes of late, so I've been thinking about replacing

Re: server backup

2014-09-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
Glenn English wrote: On Sep 14, 2014, at 12:11 PM, B wrote: What do you server admins use for backup? Are you talking personally or professionally? There's no difference here. How about your answer to both? And maybe why there's a difference? Sorry, B, for personal reply instead o

Re: server backup

2014-09-14 Thread Glenn English
On Sep 14, 2014, at 12:11 PM, B wrote: >> What do you server admins use for backup? > > Are you talking personally or professionally? There's no difference here. How about your answer to both? And maybe why there's a difference? Sorry, B, for personal reply instead of list... --

Re: server backup

2014-09-14 Thread Bzzzz
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 11:56:35 -0600 Glenn English wrote: > What do you server admins use for backup? Are you talking personally or professionally? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Ar

server backup

2014-09-14 Thread Glenn English
What do you server admins use for backup? For the past decade or so, I've been using a SCSI Quantum DLT 120 tape device and Amanda software. It's been wonderful, but the tape drive's been making mistakes of late, so I've been thinking about replacing it with a SATA or SAS of some kind. What do

Re: client-server backup using NFS and tar

2001-06-21 Thread Matthew Sackman
Hi all (again), I've discovered that I can use the option --rsh-command and specify /usr/bin/ssh and then, if you generate a key pair and set it up properly then you're not prompted for a password, the authentication happens and then the tarring happens over a secure channel. So this basically so

client-server backup using NFS and tar

2001-06-21 Thread Matthew Sackman
Hi all, I wish to set up a client to backup to a standard tape drive (/dev/st0) on the server. Using tar. I really don't want to have to resort to using a commercial product or something like amanda for simplicity reasons. Now, as I understand it, tar when used in this situation writes directly t