Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups

2018-10-22 Thread Carl Soderstrom
On 10/21 05:01 , ED Fochler wrote: > > aren't you increasing the exposure of your production system X2 by giving > > another backup process access to it? > > Yes. And it's the right thing to do. Because a production failure with > rapid recovery is manageably bad. Having your production and

Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups

2018-10-21 Thread ED Fochler
user discussion, questions and support > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups > > I can answer the rsync compression question. no. Running gzip'd data > through gzip is a waste of CPU power. Depending on your link and CPU speed > it may even slow down y

Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups

2018-10-14 Thread Mike Hughes
October 12, 2018 8:25 AM > To: General list for user discussion, questions and support > Cc: Craig Barratt > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups > > Cool, thanks for the idea Craig. So that will provide a backup of the entire > cpool and associated metada

Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups

2018-10-14 Thread ED Fochler
October 12, 2018 8:25 AM > To: General list for user discussion, questions and support > Cc: Craig Barratt > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups > > Cool, thanks for the idea Craig. So that will provide a backup of the entire > cpool and associated metada

Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups

2018-10-13 Thread Mike Hughes
To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Cc: Craig Barratt Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups Cool, thanks for the idea Craig. So that will provide a backup of the entire cpool and associated metadata necessary to rebuild hosts in the event of a site

Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups

2018-10-12 Thread Mike Hughes
of this correctly? From: Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 20:01 To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Cc: Craig Barratt Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups I'd recommend just using rsync if you want to make

Re: [BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups

2018-10-11 Thread Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users
I'd recommend just using rsync if you want to make a remote copy of the cpool, pc and conf directories, to a place that BackupPC doesn't back up. Craig On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:22 AM Mike Hughes wrote: > Hi BackupPC users, > > Similar questions have come up a few times but I have not found

[BackupPC-users] syncing local and cloud backups

2018-10-11 Thread Mike Hughes
Hi BackupPC users, Similar questions have come up a few times but I have not found anything relating to running multiple pools. Here's our setup: - On-prem dev servers backed up locally to BackupPC (4.x) - Prod servers backed up in the cloud to a separate BackupPC (4.x) instance I'd like to