Rsync works great for this. I am using it currently to mirror about half a terrabtye and still working on Amanda to dump it to tape.
-- Tony Shadwick wrote: >I just pitched a proposal to a client that is purchasing a Macintosh >X-Serve. A tape changer drive is a bit pricey for their tastes, so they >chose to go with a pair of large firewire hard drives that I take off site >every few days. > >What I'm trying to decide is which would be more simple. A cron job running >some sort of copy command nightly (which, btw...I'm not sure which one I'd >use! ditto, cp (insert dozens of switches here), dd), or to use amanda to >dump to the drive. > >The goal would be to have something to where if the machine failed, recovery >would be as painless as plugging the firewire drive into another mac. > >Anyone have experience with this first hand? Useful speculation from >experienced amanda users? > >Tony Shadwick >Manager of Internet Services >Strategic Technology Group >314-480-1324 > > > >
