Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

From: Mark (boxend_at_redtick.homeunix.com)
Date: 12/30/04

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    Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:11:24 -0600
To: Danny <nocmonkey@gmail.com>

    On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 11:55:18AM -0500, Danny wrote:
    > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:31:34 -0800 (PST), Dave McCammon
    > <davemac11@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > > I haven't caught all of this thread but I'll share
    > > what I do.
    > > I use rsync to sync file to a server for backup.
    > > 6 FreeBSD and one Win2K which have been set up to
    > > rsync at different times in the morning hours.
    >
    > Any of this communcation/transfer encrypted or compressed? What type
    > of backup would you compare your solution to -- incremental,
    > differential, full, etc.?
    >
    > How many GB's you transfer?
    >
    > > On the Win2k machine, I have cygwin running that I use
    > > to rsync the data over every night. I think there is
    > > rsync for windows but I liked the command line
    > > capabilities that cygwin gives me.
    > > All use ssh in the rsync.
    > [...]
    >
    > How do you restore files?
    >
    >
    > ...D
    > _______________________________________________

    Thats the rub with windows, or I think so, you can back it up
    but getting it to reload is the big if.

    I've restored a few programs from a backup, they run but they appear as
    bastar* exe, not in the reg. but will run without errors.

    If you load fresh you lose updated stuff, database index is not right for
    the updated program. Sorry just a personal rant.

    No such thing as a perfect backup yet.
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