Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-16 Thread Benjamin Smith
On Thursday, June 09, 2016 05:18:03 PM Alessandro Baggi wrote: > Thank you for your reply and sorry for late. > > My needs is only get a copy of large dataset a make sure that it is not > broken after transfer. After transfer, this data will be stored on local > backup server where there is

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-11 Thread Nicolas Kovacs
Le 04/06/2016 à 12:34, Alessandro Baggi a écrit : > Hi list, > i've need to backup a partition of ~200GB with a local connection of 8/2 > mbps. > > Tool like bacula, amanda can't help me due to low bandwidth in local > server. > > I'm thinking rsync will be a good choice. > > What do you think

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-11 Thread Always Learning
On Thu, 2016-06-09 at 17:17 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Besides, if it's that big a business, management *really* needs to spring > for a hot spare complete system, to deal with hardware outages, and there > should be mirrored d/bs, and *those* could be taken down, copied, and then >

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 6/9/2016 1:16 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> That's what "middle of the night maintenance window" is for. > > in today's 24/7 global business world, there is no middle of the night, > its midday *somewhere*. > You pick the least buy day/time. For example, when I was

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Thu, June 9, 2016 3:03 pm, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 06/09/2016 11:43 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> When databases are concerned, I would never rely on a snapshot of their >> storage files. Either stop relevant daemon(s), then do fs snapshot, or >> better though do dbdump and restore databases

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 6/9/2016 1:16 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: That's what "middle of the night maintenance window" is for. in today's 24/7 global business world, there is no middle of the night, its midday *somewhere*. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread m . roth
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 06/09/2016 11:43 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> When databases are concerned, I would never rely on a snapshot of their >> storage files. Either stop relevant daemon(s), then do fs snapshot, or >> better though do dbdump and restore databases from dump when you need to >>

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 06/09/2016 11:43 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: When databases are concerned, I would never rely on a snapshot of their storage files. Either stop relevant daemon(s), then do fs snapshot, or better though do dbdump and restore databases from dump when you need to restore it. Dumping and

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 06/09/2016 11:14 AM, John R Pierce wrote: Rsync processes one file at a time, so if the files are being updated while its running, the differnet files will be copied at different times. This is usually fine for static archives of files and such, but unsuitable for a database server where

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 06/09/2016 10:56 AM, Keith Keller wrote: On 2016-06-09, Gordon Messmer wrote: On 06/09/2016 08:18 AM, Alessandro Baggi wrote: How I can perform this check? Run rsync with the -c argument. Will this be very slow if Alessandro has a large number of files? OTOH if

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread Warren Young
On Jun 9, 2016, at 1:11 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > > filesystem level snapshots such as provided by ZFS are also very workable for > such databases, as they are point-in-time views of the filesystem. even if > transactions are in process when the snapshot is made, if its

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 6/9/2016 11:43 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: When databases are concerned, I would never rely on a snapshot of their storage files. Either stop relevant daemon(s), then do fs snapshot, or better though do dbdump and restore databases from dump when you need to restore it. Also: databases usually

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Thu, June 9, 2016 1:14 pm, John R Pierce wrote: > where Rsync falls down, is if you need a point in time snapshot... Rsync > processes one file at a time, so if the files are being updated while > its running, the differnet files will be copied at different times. > This is usually fine for

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread John R Pierce
where Rsync falls down, is if you need a point in time snapshot... Rsync processes one file at a time, so if the files are being updated while its running, the differnet files will be copied at different times. This is usually fine for static archives of files and such, but unsuitable for a

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread Keith Keller
On 2016-06-09, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 06/09/2016 08:18 AM, Alessandro Baggi wrote: >> How I can perform this check? > > > Run rsync with the -c argument. Will this be very slow if Alessandro has a large number of files? OTOH if he really needs to ensure integrity

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 06/09/2016 08:18 AM, Alessandro Baggi wrote: How I can perform this check? Run rsync with the -c argument. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-09 Thread Alessandro Baggi
Il 07/06/2016 21:35, Keith Keller ha scritto: On 2016-06-04, Alessandro Baggi wrote: i've need to backup a partition of ~200GB with a local connection of 8/2 mbps. Tool like bacula, amanda can't help me due to low bandwidth in local server. I'm thinking rsync will

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-07 Thread Keith Keller
On 2016-06-04, Alessandro Baggi wrote: > i've need to backup a partition of ~200GB with a local connection of 8/2 > mbps. > > Tool like bacula, amanda can't help me due to low bandwidth in local server. > > I'm thinking rsync will be a good choice. If you want

Re: [CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-07 Thread Alexandru Roibu
016 12:34:40 +0200 > Subject: [CentOS] remote backup > > Hi list, > i've need to backup a partition of ~200GB with a local connection of 8/2 > mbps. > > Tool like bacula, amanda can't help me due to low bandwidth in local server. > > I'm thinking rsync will be a good

[CentOS] remote backup

2016-06-07 Thread Alessandro Baggi
Hi list, i've need to backup a partition of ~200GB with a local connection of 8/2 mbps. Tool like bacula, amanda can't help me due to low bandwidth in local server. I'm thinking rsync will be a good choice. What do you think about? Thanks in advance.

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread Michael Kress
Hi, you're searching for a solution that makes snapshots with hardlinks 1) use rsync --delete over ssh 2) use cp -al to create generations 3) rotate the generations daily, just with mv The generations use nearly no additional disk space, only changes in the file system consume space (i.e.

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread Alan McKay
Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but you might want to have a look at a product called BackupPC, which is based on rsync but puts a really nice front end on it. Not sure if it can work over SSH though. Just read the fine manual to find out. -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread Michael Schumacher
Martin, you may want to take a look on http://www.nongnu.org/storebackup/ I am using that program for some month now. It installs easily, runs over SSH connection, and saves a lot of space on the target machine by hard-linking identical files between various backups. on Friday, September 4, 2009

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread David Suhendrik
Les Mikesell wrote: Alan McKay wrote: Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but you might want to have a look at a product called BackupPC, which is based on rsync but puts a really nice front end on it. Not sure if it can work over SSH though. Just read the fine manual to find

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread Les Mikesell
David Suhendrik wrote: Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but you might want to have a look at a product called BackupPC, which is based on rsync but puts a really nice front end on it. Not sure if it can work over SSH though. Just read the fine manual to find out. Yes,

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 14:19 +0200, Michael Kress wrote: Hi, you're searching for a solution that makes snapshots with hardlinks 1) use rsync --delete over ssh 2) use cp -al to create generations 3) rotate the generations daily, just with mv The generations use nearly no additional disk

[CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread happymaster23
Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo (or EPEL) package, that can mount directory over internet using

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 09/04/2009 11:23 AM, happymaster23 wrote: Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo (or EPEL)

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread nate
happymaster23 wrote: Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo (or EPEL) package, that can mount

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Vinicius Coque
You could use Bacula (www.bacula.org) On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:23 PM, happymaster23 happymaste...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread happymaster23
Thank you for reply, because rsync is only synchronizing data (with all errors), this is not backup. If on main server will be some data corruption and backup server will connect and synchronize all data with errors, I have nothing :). For example - rdiff-backup is working with increments, so

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread happymaster23
Thank you, I will look into. 2009/9/4 nate cen...@linuxpowered.net: happymaster23 wrote: Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP).

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Steve Thompson
On Fri, 4 Sep 2009, nate wrote: happymaster23 wrote: I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). rsnapshot should be available. You could

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Les Mikesell
Johnny Hughes wrote: I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo (or EPEL) package, that can mount directory

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Johnny Hughesjoh...@centos.org wrote: On 09/04/2009 11:45 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: Johnny Hughes wrote: Backuppc is ideal for this - it not only uses rsync over ssh for the xfer (along with some other choices) but it keeps the files compressed and uses

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 09/04/2009 11:45 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: Johnny Hughes wrote: I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Robert Nichols
happymaster23 wrote: Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo (or EPEL) package, that can mount