If SSH is required for security, I wouldn't use NFS. NFS isn't secure. Maybe his non routable address is in a hostile environment (web hosting backend, DMZ, etc)
Also, you can turn on compression in SSH. ssh -C -c blowfish will compress & use the faster blowfish algorithm. "Jerry Feldman" said: >The simplest way to proceed is to NFS mount the drive from box A on Box B. >(Since you are on a non-routable ip address behind some semblance of >firewall, you should be secure). Then: > >mount <imported directory) - assume this is in your /etc/fstab >cd <imported directory> >tar cf /dev/mtxxx >cd <elsewhere> >umount <imported directory> > >Remember that ssh will add a significant overhead. > > >On 25 Feb 2002 at 13:00, Thomas M. Albright wrote: > >> To all you tar gurus out there, I have a question. >> >> On box A (192.168.0.2) I have data that badly needs backing up. On box B >> (192.168.0.9) I have a tape drive. >> >> Can I use tar, over ssh, to back up box A to the tape on B? >> >> Typically I just `tar -cvzf file.tar.gz directory` I've never used a >> tape drive locally, much less remotely, so I'm comparitavely clue-free >> right now. >> >> The man page is rather useless, and info pages have never failed to >> boggle me. >> >> "Help me Obi-Wan! You're my only Hope!" >> >> -- >> Thomas M. Albright (Linux user number 234357) >> Amendment IV >> The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, >> papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, >> shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon >> probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly >> describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to >> be seized. >> >> >> ***************************************************************** >> To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. >> ***************************************************************** > >-- >Jerry Feldman >Portfolio Partner Engineering >508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/ > >Compaq Computer Corp. >200 Forest Street MRO1-3/F1 >Marlboro, Ma. 01752 > > >***************************************************************** >To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. >***************************************************************** > -- ------- Tom Buskey ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
