On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 10:29, John Sechrest wrote: > Rsync certainly is a useful tool at some level. >
Given that it is relatively unchanged for years, I would say at a high level. Do you challenge this? > We are finding that having a NetApp with hourly snapshots to be a step > above that. Adjust your cron for hourly snapshots. > > However, the key question to the Rsync process is the reverse process. > suppose that your host is compromised or other wise damaged and > you want to rebuild your system from scratch. What if the NetApp server is compromised or otherwise damaged? Is the NetApp using an opt-in or opt-out backup scheme? If the hardware breaks, can you mount the filesystem with standard Unix tools and recover? > What is the path for > restore from the rsync set up? > Do you have a recipe for that? Tape. Or... Increase your backup window by adding entries to the script. Best, -- -------------------------------------------------------------- | Cooper Stevenson | Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | General Computer | Ph: 541.924.9434 | | "Open For Business" | Www: http://www.gencom.us | -------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
