On Nov 8, 2007 2:59 PM, dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i run a backuppc server locally and have a server at a remote site that
> just mirrors the backup directory and the config directory remotely using
> rsync. it works well. additionally, if i have a problem, i can mount the
> remote filesystem via nfs and i have a vmware machine with backuppc
> installed that makes it look like a local backuppc system, though slower. i
> have this sync periodically during the day so i dont saturate the network
> all night long.
>
>
>
> On Nov 8, 2007 6:48 AM, Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have a setup like this both at home and at work. When I was planning
> > it I was advised not to try to back up the pool, but rather to
> > "re-backup" all the hosts on the remote machine. That is what I did.
> > The remote machine is configured with all the same host data that the
> > remote machine is configured with.
> >
> > I use rsync or rsyncd to minimize network bandwidth. At work I backup
> > about about 120 GB in one direction, and 80 GB in the other direction
> > (two offices backing each other up). This is done nightly, but most of
> > the data is static. This is done over a T1 line. At home, I backup
> > about 100 GB in one direction, and 40 GB in the other direction (my
> > house and my parents' house). This is done over a cable modem. 4mbps I
> > think. Again, most of that data is static, so it only transfers a
> > relatively small amount of data every night.
> >
> > At home, I did the first backup w/ the machines on the same network. I
> > edited my /etc/hosts file in order to trick BackupPC to look on the
> > local network for the host machine, instead of looking to the internet
> > for it. I use a DynDNS account, so my machines are known on the
> > internet as somename.dyndns.org. For the first backup, I edited
> > /etc/hosts to read something like:
> > 192.168.1.110 somename.dyndns.org
> > (and I removed that line once I took the "remote" machine off of the
> > local network)
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > Christopher Utley wrote:
> > > I have setup a couple BackupPC systems now, and they have been working
> >
> > > great for me. Now I'm looking to install yet another, but with a
> > > twist. I'd like to setup an off-site backup, which would essentially
> > > be a carbon copy of everything BackupPC maintains locally. Is there a
> >
> > > straightforward way to accomplish this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Chris Utley
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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