On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:15:27 -0500, Danny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good day to you all, > > I would greatly appreciate any recommendations, related experiences, > and tips for the following goal: > > On a monthly and manual basis - to take a snapshot of data from a > FreeBSD server and Windows server. Then compress and hopefully encrypt > the data and send it to a remote FreeBSD server through some form of > efficient and secure file transfer. Uncompressed a snapshot of all the > data may total over ~8GB. > > On a nightly and automated basis - to take a snapshot of all new and > modified data from a FreeBSD server and Windows server. Then compress > and hopefully encrypt the data and send it to a remote FreeBSD server > through some form of efficient and secure file transfer. Uncompressed > the nightly data may total ~20MB. > > Anytime (assuming the remote server IS available, of course) - have > the ability to access the data and restore the data files to any > systems respective of what type it came from (Windows or BSD, etc). > And if a full restore was necessary, the data may total over 10GB. > > Hardware and network-wise... here is what I was thinking: > > FreeBSD & Windows Servers on the LAN > | > | LAN - firewalled > v > FreeBSD server where all the data would be collected and compressed > v > | > | Internet - secure connection or transport of some type (SCP, SSH, VPN, etc.) > | > | Remote co-lo > v > FreeBSB server where all the data would be stored with at least RAID 1 >
here is a helpfull link that address's a similar issue: http://www.freebsddiary.org/bacula.php I have found bacula to be a very nice solution. it is also reasonable trivial to run bacula through a stunell. here is the link to the bacula site: www.bacula.org -pete > Thank you! > > ...D > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"