I have a server running FreeBSD 5.3 with NFS and netatalk enabled, a Powerbook G4 running OS X 10.3.7 and they are connected through a wireless network. I used the Powerbook to administer the server using ssh, which works well. I would also like to use the server to backup files (for multiple users) from the Powerbook. I have played around with both NFS and netatalk (afpd) and both seem to be working, in that I can manually mount the shares on the Powerbook. I have got the NFS share to automount on the Powerbook but not the afp share. I can copy files to and from both the nfs and afp mounted shares, including resource forks. I have played with various backup utilities including rsync, psync and rdiff-backup with varying degrees of success.
Some observations/questions
1. netatalk afp seems consistently and significantly faster than nfs. Is this to be expected or might I have a problem with nfs? If so how do I diagnose and fix it?
2. I would prefer to use nfs, because I can automount it on the Powerbook and run a cron (actually anacron) script to backup the multiple users. I haven't yet worked out how (or if) I can do this with afp (this is really a Mac question I know).
3. I would like to use a backup scheme which is automatic, invisible to the user, yet configured in a way that the archive can be navigated, and files appear in folders on the Mac finder in a consistent way (with resource forks set up correctly).
All of this seems almost possible, yet I don't seem to have got it just right yet. Has anyone one any insight they can spread or experiences they can share of a similar set up?
Alan
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