On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 17:14 +0100, Moritz Heckscher wrote: > Another problem I'm thinking about is that rsnapshot should be run on > the server to "pull" the backups over the network. One cannot run it > on the clients and "push" the data to the server over the network -- > which is what I'd prefer because I plan to not leave the server on > all day but rather have it woken up by the (laptop) clients when > needed who'll take care of the scheduling of the backups (using > anachron or launchd etc.) One could, however, run rsnapshot on the > clients to backup onto a locally attached storage device.
I would like to dispel once and for all the myth that rsnapshot cannot be used with a push. While it is /designed/ to pull backups, with a few extra steps one can push a backup to an rsnapshot installation on another machine. I outlined the setup here: http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2007-December/019470.html How are the clients going to wake the server? Does the server wake up on any incoming network connection (I hope)? > 2) If I mount the server as a network drive on the clients using AFP, > SMB/CIFS, NFS, ..., and then backup to this 'locally attached' drive > with rsync (using rsnapshot), will I lose the metadata because of the > transfer via the SMB/... layer? I would strongly discourage you from pushing the backup via a network drive. In addition to potential metadata mangling, you lose the benefit of rsync's delta-transfer algorithm. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
