On 12/18/2010 11:55 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>> From: Mark Woodward [mailto:ma...@mohawksoft.com]
>>
>> The permissions to keep Jane from reading tarzan's files is an
>> interesting one. Its obvious when said, but didn't occur to me. It's a
>> potentially difficult problem. Would merely matchi
> From: Mark Woodward [mailto:ma...@mohawksoft.com]
>
> The permissions to keep Jane from reading tarzan's files is an
> interesting one. Its obvious when said, but didn't occur to me. It's a
> potentially difficult problem. Would merely matching the user name to
> the owner of the files be enoug
On 12/17/2010 08:10 AM, Mark Woodward wrote:
> While I've got some free time on my hands, I decided to start work on a
> project. At its core, it is very much like a standard backup system.
> What makes it different from a regular backup is what you do with the
> data retrieved after the backup.
I think the bottom line for this discussion is really that you first
need to define your requirements as well as what you are going to back
up, what are the security constraints. How often do you need to restore
individual files, and in the case of a catastrophic failure, such as a
head crash, how
Mark,
What is on your current version of a feature list? I know lots of things
have been brought up and considered.
What are you considering as reasonable for your first cut? Additional
versions?
I would like to see some 'exits' or scripts that are user generated that
could quiesce a database b
On 12/18/2010 12:18 PM, Mark Woodward wrote:
> On 12/17/2010 08:22 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
>> Hey Mark,
>>
>> IMO I think there are a few important features:
>> 1. The backups must be mountable, allowing for file browsing and
>> single file restoration.
> May I ask about this requirement? Does
On 12/17/2010 09:46 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>> From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf
>> Of Mark Woodward
>>
>> My question for you guys is what do you *want* in a backup. We've all
>> used these feature laden things that are out there, 99% of which is
>> poin
On 12/17/2010 08:44 AM, Matt Shields wrote:
>
>
> The ability for it to work not only through it's native communication
> method (usually custom port/protocol), but also be able to run over an
> SSH tunnel. Sometimes you don't want to open up that port to the
> outside world even if it is encry
ou can take the backup to ANY computer with the backup software and
> open the backup file by entering a password.
The thing about passwords, and yes, encryption is high on my list of
things that are must haves, is storage of them. If you require
encryption, then you must either have the user ente
> From: David Miller [mailto:davi...@gmail.com]
>
> I'm curious since bare metal restores have been mentioned what is
> everyone's thoughts on using a pxe boot image to pre-seed or kickstart the
> server. Then use puppet or chef to bring the server to a known
> configuration. This makes dealing
On 12/17/2010 10:05 AM, Matt Shields wrote:
> Another useful feature is that the system should automatically verify the
> backups to make sure they are good and alert you when there's a problem.
> Nothing like needing to go back to your backups and realizing that they
> haven't been running for mo
On Dec 17, 2010, at 8:10 AM, Mark Woodward wrote:
>
> My question for you guys is what do you *want* in a backup. We've all
> used these feature laden things that are out there, 99% of which is
> pointless. What are "must haves?" What is something you've wanted but
> can't find? What are featu
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:36 AM, David Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Chris O'Connell >wrote:
>
> > Agreed, bare metal restore is a must.
> >
> >
> I'm curious since bare metal restores have been mentioned what is
> everyone's
> thoughts on using a pxe boot image to pre-seed
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
> Agreed, bare metal restore is a must.
>
>
I'm curious since bare metal restores have been mentioned what is everyone's
thoughts on using a pxe boot image to pre-seed or kickstart the server.
Then use puppet or chef to bring the server to a
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>
> There are different requirements for laptops and servers.
>
> Laptops:
> Run frequently (minimum once daily), silently, in the background, low
> enough
> priority that users don't generally notice or care. Does not need to scan
> the e
;> file restoration.
>> 2. The backup should NOT be file based, it should be image based.
>> 3. Encrypted backups. I want the backups to be encrypted and I want the
>> encryption to be self contained in the backup. This means that you can
>> take
>> the backup to
Agreed, bare metal restore is a must.
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
> > From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf
> > Of Mark Woodward
> >
> > My question for you guys is what do you *want* in a backup. We've all
> > used these feature la
> From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf
> Of Mark Woodward
>
> My question for you guys is what do you *want* in a backup. We've all
> used these feature laden things that are out there, 99% of which is
> pointless. What are "must haves?" What is something you'v
uld be image based.
> 3. Encrypted backups. I want the backups to be encrypted and I want the
> encryption to be self contained in the backup. This means that you can
> take
> the backup to ANY computer with the backup software and open the backup
> file
> by entering a password.
>
&
encryption to be self contained in the backup. This means that you can take
the backup to ANY computer with the backup software and open the backup file
by entering a password.
Acronis has all of these features, but it's expensive and I don't believe
the software will run on these linux n
While I've got some free time on my hands, I decided to start work on a
project. At its core, it is very much like a standard backup system.
What makes it different from a regular backup is what you do with the
data retrieved after the backup. I know it is a long shot or even a
fools errand to
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