On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 10:03:03AM -0500, Andrew Oulton wrote: > I'm looking for a new backup solution and am hoping to do this under > Linux. Here is what I have now :
I use rdiff-backup, which works with a local USB hard drive, as well as over a network. I've heard there are compatible implementations on Windows and Mac, so it should be possible to back up from a Windows machine through a network to a USB drive attached to a Linux box, for example. Hmm. I've actually done that once, but using a small Linux installation on a small partition on an othewise Windows box. I haven't actually used any Windows rdiff-backup. But when I symbolic-linked (on the Linux box) from a Samba share into the backup drive, Windows was able to see the files in the backup. So your files aren't stored in some inscrutable format that only rdiff-backup can understand. man rdiff-backup for details. It keeps old backups, and uses some kind of forward- or backward- differencing to save space on the backup drive. The backup files you can read on your own (without using rdiff-backup) seem to be the most recent versiona. And yes, I've managed to restore individual files that were saved using rdiff-backup, though I've never had to restore huge swaths of system. -- hendrik > > #1 : CentOS 5.5 i386 - Samba File server > #2 : CentOS 5.5 i386 - rsync of above, Basic LAMP (internal Dev) > #3 : WS 2008 x64 - Lotus Domino 8.5, MS-SQL 2008 Express, MySQL 5.1 > #4 : WinXP - MySQL 5.0 Symantec Endpoint Protection, BackupExec 12d, > LTO3 full-height tape drive > #5: FC3 (TB replaced) - Asterisk-based phone server > > ----- > > I'm getting a new file server (Replaces #1) with a 5.25" bay free and > am considering porting #4's MySQL onto it, porting SEP to #3 (or going > pure-client AV), and doing away with #4 box entirely. For this I > would be looking at a half-height LTO5 drive. > > I never expect to be able to restore from bare-metal. My Samba setup > is very simplistic and makes everything easy to just drop things back > afterward. The big trouble item is that Lotus Domino server. What > will properly be able to back up those DBs? > > I am seriously hoping there is a FOSS backup solution that will leave > me equally "warm & fuzzy". > > So, what options do I have here? BackupExec never seems to play nice > with Domino so my primary goal is having it gone while supporting the > rest. > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
