Re: interested to know the "right" way to backup a box to minimize downtime in case of a crash

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Date: 03/21/05

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    Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:42:09 +1100
    To: Steve <steve@digitalbluesky.net>
    
    

    Steve wrote:

    > I would like to know, in general, how people would configure that IBM
    > server to do a little more than just store simple backups from the
    > shuttle cube server. Really I would like a situation where if the
    > shuttle cube died, I could just dmz the IBM box to serve the webpages
    > and email that the shuttle cube does. It's not a "mission critical"
    > situation, but I just want to be able to come home from work the night
    > of a failure and without alot of work, swap the boxes.

    Here is how i back-up my FreeBSD server's:

    http://www.deathnet.id.au/docs/cd-rw-backup.shtml

    We are now doing the same backup strategy on DVD-RW. On top of this, i
    backup via ssh over internet to an off-site location about 15Km away.

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    Cheers, Mick
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