"OpenAccess System Security" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If one of the product RAQ4 boxes fails, we... > > A) disable its physical port on the primary switch. > > B) rsync the appropriate file image from the backup server over to the > warm spare.
rsync is an excellent program. I do use it as part of a backup solution on some servers, but I prefer to at least use CMU in some capacity for the RaQs due to the flexibility it provides. Before you select a backup and recovery system, I suggest making a checklist of various situations you want it to handle. Then make sure you select a solution that handles them. Test all possible disasters. With rsync, please be aware that unless you have a mechanism in place to backup and archive files from either the source or destination server, you may be left without good backups. For example, if your source server is hacked or files are accidentally deleted, modified or overwritten and it's not discovered, reported and handled before the source server syncs with the destination server, the destination server's files will be of little use. The same applies to a similar program that someone else mentioned on this list a couple of days ago. It was a syncing program with a different name. With CMU files are in a semi-portable format which allows them to be imported on one or more RaQ models. And imported quickly. If you may need to migrate an entire failed server's backups to another server, especially to a different model RaQ or RaQ which already has sites and users installed the CMU will save *a lot* of time. The solution you have in mind is a very good one. And it addresses many possible situations properly. Just make sure it address all of the situations you want to be addressed. And test the recovery process. I know I mentioned this before, but it's important so I'm repeating myself. -- Steve Werby President, Befriend Internet Services LLC http://www.befriend.com/ _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
