Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread Michael Kress
Hi, you're searching for a solution that makes snapshots with hardlinks 1) use rsync --delete over ssh 2) use cp -al to create generations 3) rotate the generations daily, just with mv The generations use nearly no additional disk space, only changes in the file system consume space (i.e.

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread Alan McKay
Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but you might want to have a look at a product called BackupPC, which is based on rsync but puts a really nice front end on it. Not sure if it can work over SSH though. Just read the fine manual to find out. -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread Michael Schumacher
Martin, you may want to take a look on http://www.nongnu.org/storebackup/ I am using that program for some month now. It installs easily, runs over SSH connection, and saves a lot of space on the target machine by hard-linking identical files between various backups. on Friday, September 4, 2009

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread David Suhendrik
Les Mikesell wrote: Alan McKay wrote: Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but you might want to have a look at a product called BackupPC, which is based on rsync but puts a really nice front end on it. Not sure if it can work over SSH though. Just read the fine manual to find

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread Les Mikesell
David Suhendrik wrote: Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but you might want to have a look at a product called BackupPC, which is based on rsync but puts a really nice front end on it. Not sure if it can work over SSH though. Just read the fine manual to find out. Yes,

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-09 Thread Michael H. Warfield
On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 14:19 +0200, Michael Kress wrote: Hi, you're searching for a solution that makes snapshots with hardlinks 1) use rsync --delete over ssh 2) use cp -al to create generations 3) rotate the generations daily, just with mv The generations use nearly no additional disk

[CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread happymaster23
Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo (or EPEL) package, that can mount directory over internet using

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 09/04/2009 11:23 AM, happymaster23 wrote: Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo (or EPEL)

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread nate
happymaster23 wrote: Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo (or EPEL) package, that can mount

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Vinicius Coque
You could use Bacula (www.bacula.org) On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:23 PM, happymaster23 happymaste...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread happymaster23
Thank you for reply, because rsync is only synchronizing data (with all errors), this is not backup. If on main server will be some data corruption and backup server will connect and synchronize all data with errors, I have nothing :). For example - rdiff-backup is working with increments, so

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread happymaster23
Thank you, I will look into. 2009/9/4 nate cen...@linuxpowered.net: happymaster23 wrote: Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP).

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Steve Thompson
On Fri, 4 Sep 2009, nate wrote: happymaster23 wrote: I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). rsnapshot should be available. You could

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Les Mikesell
Johnny Hughes wrote: I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo (or EPEL) package, that can mount directory

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Johnny Hughesjoh...@centos.org wrote: On 09/04/2009 11:45 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: Johnny Hughes wrote: Backuppc is ideal for this - it not only uses rsync over ssh for the xfer (along with some other choices) but it keeps the files compressed and uses

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 09/04/2009 11:45 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: Johnny Hughes wrote: I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo

Re: [CentOS] Remote backup of server

2009-09-04 Thread Robert Nichols
happymaster23 wrote: Hello, I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP). Or - if there is in CentOS repo (or EPEL) package, that can mount