Re: [BackupPC-users] CGI scripts to manage removable hard drive media.
Timothy J. Massey wrote: > "Roy Keene (Contractor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/16/2007 > 02:38:06 PM: > > > When I was using BackupPC, I used "file_sync" (part of BackupPCd) to > do a > > byte-level mirror (rsync-like) everynight from the BackupPC machine > to the > > offiste mirror. > > Is this the same file_sync from OpenSync (http://www.opensync.org/) or > something else? I did a google for BackuuPCd and came up with what I > imagine is your site (http://www.rkeene.org/oss/backuppcd/). I > downloaded both listed tars, but could not find file_sync in them. The > only logical reference I could come for file_sync was the OpenSync site > above. > > Is BackupPCd a supported client for BackupPC? > > Tim Massey > That is my site. $ tar -ztvf backuppcd-200603161528.tar.gz ... -rw-r--r-- rkeene/users 10783 2006-03-11 11:11 backuppcd-200603161528/tools/file_sync.c BackupPCd is still in progress, and not recommended for production use (though I have used it for such in the past). -- Roy Keene (Contractor) - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] CGI scripts to manage removable hard drive media.
Les Mikesell wrote: > Timothy J. Massey wrote: >> Again, I ask everyone: does anyone have a better solution? I have >> heard only two solutions to the off-site storage issue. 1) Do an >> archive to some sort of removable media. Given the storage >> requirements, I don't see how it could be anything *other* than a hard >> drive. If you were going to spend four figures to buy a big enough tape >> library, wouldn't you use it for backup directly? Or 2) create some >> sort of RAID-1 configuration and break it regularly to swap out a drive >> and store it off-site. Someone even recommended a 3-drive RAID-1, so >> the data stays redundant, but you can still break the array. It doesn't >> change the workload on the array, however... >> > > If you have a suitable offsite location with enough internet bandwidth, the > low-maintenance way is to throw a vpn between sites and let an independent > instance of backuppc run from there, backing up the same targets. You > might need to make the initial copy on the local LAN or perhaps add each > new target on a Friday and let it run through the weekend to get started. > When I was using BackupPC, I used "file_sync" (part of BackupPCd) to do a byte-level mirror (rsync-like) everynight from the BackupPC machine to the offiste mirror. My BackupPC array was 1TB. -- Roy Keene (Contractor) - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Re: offsite archives
All, I created "file_sync" within BackupPCd for performing an rsync-like operation on one file or device. Dale Sykora wrote: Andreas Vögele wrote: Ryan Jewell wrote: To benefit from rsync I'm also thinking about just sending the backuppc data in /var/lib/backuppc. Copying /var/lib/backuppc with rsync will probably not work since rsync requires a lot of memory when copying hard links. I use the logical volume manager to create a snapshot of the file system mounted on /var/lib/backuppc. Then the file system snapshot is copied with dd. Unfortunately, copying data with dd means that the whole file system must be copied every time the cron job is run. Andreas, I wonder if you could rsync the snapshot partition to a remote partition of the same size, rather than using dd? I haven't tried this myself, just thinking out loud. My method of offsite backup is that I have a script that stops backuppc, unmounts the backuppc data partition, dumps the partition to tape, remounts, and restarts. I had problems scripting snapshots, so I gave up on that method. Thanks, Dale --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ -- Roy Keene --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
