CVS sounds like a possible solution to the following scenario: We are currently looking at backing up our main [file] servers to a remote site's hard disk. The requirements are: All files to be copied to the remote site just once (i.e. so that 200Gb does not get transferred every night/week or month over broadband connection). From then on we only need to back up new or changed files. For Changed files, we need to keep up to 3 (or a configurable number of) prior versions We need to see a simple report showing backup completion and any issues on the way
To restore, we need to be able to easily select a file from a directory structure on the backup machine, and choose the most recent or one of the previous versions. I don't know of any backup software that runs quite like this (does anyone?). Clearly CVS would just be a component of such a system - yet it seems so possible that it really aught to be attempted. The key part is in a simple interfaces for - selecting servers and directories that should be backed up - a scheduler - a reporter - a restore interface. Am I being mad, or are there loads of existing products that do this, or does this sound like a great idea? Merlin Beedell Senior Application Developer Corporate Internet Ltd. Tel: 020-7403 9900 Fax: 020-7403 7070 Mobile: 078 1188 0207 www.corporateinternet.com Audited with Cryoserver *********************** Monitors & retains email www.cryoserver.com _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
