Matt Fair wrote: > > I have 20/40 gig tape backup. I would like to backup my LAN and my > remote web server with the same tape drive. > Is there a way to backup the web server securely? > SSH? > Matt
Matt, We use rsync (http://rsync.samba.org) to do the job. We currently rsync all other machines to an admin. machine's HD then use bru (http://www.bru.com) to backup the admin. machine to a tape drive installed in the admin. machine. The HD step makes it easier for us to restore single files (i.e. "I accidentally deleted a png from my Web site, can you guys help?") but you could skip it. As a note of what *not* to use: I just finished setting up a couple servers for a client and they insisted on using ARCserve by Computer Associates (http://www.ca.com) which allows backups using a server/client scenario. IMHO the software is junk, tech support is not clueful and they use a proprietary SCSI driver that doesn't support 2.4.x. You have been warned! :-) Pete