Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-30 Thread bsd
Hello, I am backing up 5 servers on one centralized machines using "rsnapshot" It is doing a perfect job, including : --> SSH transport. --> Rsync based. --> Incremental backup. As It uses a symlink strategy, It does not use very much space on the backup device. It is in the ports /usr/p

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread Doug Hardie
On Jan 29, 2007, at 14:00, Joe Auty wrote: I've heard of many people having problems with RsyncX and the version of rsync included in OS X crapping out and being unreliable. RsyncX and the patched rsync (the former being a GUI for the CLI rsync) that ships with OS X attempts to preserve re

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Jan 29, 2007, Joe Auty wrote: >I've heard of many people having problems with RsyncX and the version >of rsync included in OS X crapping out and being unreliable. > >RsyncX and the patched rsync (the former being a GUI for the CLI >rsync) that ships with OS X attempts to preserve resour

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread Joe Auty
I've heard of many people having problems with RsyncX and the version of rsync included in OS X crapping out and being unreliable. RsyncX and the patched rsync (the former being a GUI for the CLI rsync) that ships with OS X attempts to preserve resource forks and other file metadata (a lot

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread hal
On Jan 29, 2007, at Monday, Jan29, 2007 12:45 PM, Kenny Dail wrote: I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the future). Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. I would like t

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 12:45:45PM -0700, Kenny Dail wrote: > > I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use > > backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the > > future). > > > > Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. > > I w

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-29 Thread Kenny Dail
> I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use > backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the > future). > > Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. > I would like to be able to set the 2 (for now) clients to > automatically,

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-27 Thread Martin Hepworth
Amanda works well on MacOSX and FreeBSD. virtual tapes, encrypted backup and (just as important) easy to restore! -- Martin On 1/26/07, Gable Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all, I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini,

Re: [freebsd-questions] Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-26 Thread Howard Jones
Gable Barber wrote: Hello all, I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the future). Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. I would like to be able to set the 2 (for now) clients

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-26 Thread Gable Barber
On 1/26/07, Doug Hardie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: RsyncX for Mac will sync to a FreeBSD filesystem. Thank you. I will try these out. Gable ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-question

Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-26 Thread Philip Hallstrom
Hello all, I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the future). Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. I would like to be able to set the 2 (for now) clients to automatically, in

Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD

2007-01-26 Thread Gable Barber
Hello all, I have been poking around the 'Net a bit looking for an easy to use backup solution for our Mac's (1 mini, 1 powerbook, more in the future). Basically there is a server, offsite (FBSD 6.2) with 2 RAID 5 arrays. I would like to be able to set the 2 (for now) clients to automatically, in