I use rsync on my production linux web servers to put the data on a w2k3 smb share so the tape backup system will snag the data, so in a sense, it's dbl duty, better for me I suppose.
Also, why not look to our own: http://www.trilug.org/talks/2004-05-backup/ David McD On 12/1/05, James Brigman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is anyone on this list using rsync to transport their data for disaster > recovery? I've seen some effective UNIX/Linux backups/archives done with > rsync, but I'm wondering things like: > > - how well can it be integrated with CIFS/Windows systems? (have I gotta > roll a SAMBA server to translate so that rsync "sees" the windows data?) > - is it relatively fast over slow links? > - how well does it work with "incremental changing" data? Can you > emulate "snapshots", for example? > - anyone have to "reverse" the direction of the rsync data flow to > recover the data, and if so, how easy was it? > > Experienced replies welcome.... > > JKB > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
