Comments below. On Sun, 2005-03-20 at 15:36 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 1. Install Services for Linux (SFU) put out by Windows > onto our Windows server. <...snipped...>
Linux + NTFS is experimental at best still. Do not know much about the SFU deal from M$, but would not put too much trust in it for my obvious prejudices. ;-) > 2. Run a Samba server on my linux box. <...snipped...> Samba on the Linux box will allow the M$ boxes to see and mount it as a share potentially. Possible idea, not the greatest though. > 3. Run a Samba client on my linux box. <...snipped...> If you are using RH (or one of the Fedora or CentOS forks), there are some built in RH specific tools for Samba (redhat-config-samba for RH). Not too hard using them. Otherwise, there are a few HOW-To's on the Samba subject. > 4. Get scp to work on my Windows server, and scp the > needed data up. <...snipped...> This is actually one of the easier solutions you have presented so far that could run unattended potentially. scp is part of the SSH package typically (along with sftp). This would be one of your easiest solutions. Tarball (with gz or bz2 compression depending on the amount of data you wish to back up), scp the tarball to remote backup location directory. You can make a simple script and cron job to do this on a regular basis. > 5. Install a DVD writer on my linux box. <...snipped...> > There is k3b which also noted by Bhaskar is freeware. Nice tool overall once you get the DVD up and running, can handle CD and DVD burning. At issue, you will be starting a large DVD collection potentially in time. > 6. Purchase and install tape backup system for the > linux box. This may well be a great options, but I > have no experience with this. > Old school, but possible via Amanda, And finally...another Linux based solution presented is Bacula. I personally have not played with it (yet), but one of my guys is using it for one of our clients on a regular basis. This is a better or more modern idea than Amanda, allows for secure file transfer to a remote machine, and such. http://www.bacula.org/ for their web site, and yes...it is cross platformed as well. Pardon the delay in responding, but involved with a training deal over the past weekend. --- Crawford Linux+, LCP, LPIC-1, RHCT -- The Linux ETC Company P.M.B. 146 368 South McCaslin Boulevard Louisville, CO 80027 USA +1 (303) 604-2550 (voice) +1 (866) 604-2550 (toll free within the US) +1 (303) 664-0036 (fax) http://www.linux-etc.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
