Re: Backing up programs

From: Francisco Reyes (lists_at_natserv.com)
Date: 12/31/03

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    Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:37:08 +0000 (GMT)
To: Dany <dany_list@natzo.com>

    On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Dany wrote:

    > On my file server I have 2 drives.

    I also have two drives on each of my machines. One for backup.
    I also keep several days worth of backups in case I corrupt a file.
    Overall I think I have the data part of the backup covered properly,
    although I plan to backup some directories every few hours instead of
    daily.

    > - Unison : 2-way synchronization using rsync/ssh, multi platform
    > graphical interface.

    I use unison to backup data from a remote machine to my local machine,

    > - rsync : typical rsync that will mirror the source to the destination

    Why use both unison and rsync? Unison can do the same as rsync.

    > - rsync-backup : it's based on rsync but you get the advantage of
    > incremental backups so you can restore from a specific date. You can
    > also purge the backup by removing old stuff.

    Will look it up.

    > A couple of cron jobs take care of the different backups at night.

    Same thing here, except that I plan to do some dierctories more often (ie
    emails).

    > I don't know if that answers to your question but I thought that could
    > give you some ideas.

    Didn't really answer what I asked, but all suggestions/feedback/comments
    on how other people are doing things are always welcome. It helps to see
    other possible solutions to what one is doing. I am a firm believer in
    learning from the experience of others if they are willing to dedicate the
    time to share their experience with me. :-)
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