Andrew Libby wrote: > Greetings, > > I've been running BackupPC for a few months. I'm now > thinking of disaster recover strategy. My initial thought > is to replicate (via rsync) the BackupPC configs and data to > another server. This server would not actively run BackupPC > jobs, but I would like to be able to restore from it in the > even to of a catastrophe. > > Is this a reasonable approach? Are others doing something > like this, or something else even to meet the same objectives? > Seems reasonable, as long as you test it. Rsync'ing the pool can take a long time (I've done it). You should consider whether you want your second server to be on-site or off-site.
Here's what I do: I have one on-site BackupPC server, and one off-site BackupPC server. They are each configured to backup the same hosts -- I don't rsync one server to the other, I just let them both run. Each server uses software RAID 1 (mirrored drives). If a drive fails, I have an immediate failover via RAID. If a server burns up in a fire, I have two choices to restore: 1) perform my restore over the internet, which will be pretty slow, or 2) ship one of the hard drives from the remote server to me so I can install it in a new server and perform my restore locally. -Rob ******************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as information could be intercepted, corrupted lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard copy version. ******************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
