I have been using FreeBSD 5.3 now for a couple months on a P4 box at home
and I have been backing up the box nightly by doing a simple .tgz of the
/etc, /usr/home and /var directories to a FreeBSD backup server at home (the
backup server is a PI box).
Im at the point now, because Im using
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Advice on backup scheme for FreeBSD 5.3 box
I have been using FreeBSD 5.3 now for a couple months on a P4 box at
home
and I have been backing up the box nightly by doing a simple .tgz of
the
/etc, /usr/home and /var directories to a FreeBSD backup server at
home
I have been using FreeBSD 5.3 now for a couple months on a P4 box at home and
I have been backing up the box nightly by doing a simple .tgz of the /etc,
/usr/home and /var directories to a FreeBSD backup server at home (the backup
server is a PI box).
Im at the point now, because Im using
* steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-04-20 10:53:25 -0400]:
So I'm trying to figure out a scheme to avoid more than a couple hours
of downtime.
Use rsnapshot:
http://www.rsnapshot.org/
The closest thing to a NetApp backup that you will get, minus the
US$50,000 price tag.
Thomas
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N.J.