Re: Recommended Linux Backup

lrhorer wrote: Other than tar and rsync, I have never used any Linux backup utilities, and I am looking for recommendations. I would like an open source solution which will do the following: 1. Back up to removable hard drives 2. Span multiple target volumes 3. Maintain a virtual fileysystem so

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 lrhorer wrote: >>> You're kidding,right? Back up the data to more than 900 Dual >>> Layer DVDs? Admittedly they are cheap, but... no, thanks. >> It depends on the consequences of data loss. If they are severe, >> there should have several li

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

Tony Nelson wrote: > On 09-11-01 02:01:18, lrhorer wrote: >> > I don't see any mention of that venerable *nix utility, dump. >> > Other than not looking like a mounted filesystem and possibly the >> > sheer size of the data, dump should fulfill your requirements. >> >> I thought about dum

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

On 09-11-01 02:21:45, lrhorer wrote: > > On Thursday October 29 2009 5:14:44 pm lrhorer wrote: > >> 1. Back up to removable hard drives > >> 2. Span multiple target volumes > >> 3. Maintain a virtual fileysystem so all snapshots look like a > >> single backup to the user. > >> 4. Maintain an easily

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

On 09-11-01 02:01:18, lrhorer wrote: > > I don't see any mention of that venerable *nix utility, dump. > > Other than not looking like a mounted filesystem and possibly the > > sheer size of the data, dump should fulfill your requirements. > > I thought about dump, but I did notthink it

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

Dne, 01. 11. 2009 08:21:45 je lrhorer napisal(a): > > Many archive utilities create indices of their archives which > are > stored on media other than the backup media (or in addition to it). > Enterprise level software like Amanda and Bacula use a database like > MySQL to maintain their

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

> On Thursday October 29 2009 5:14:44 pm lrhorer wrote: >> 1. Back up to removable hard drives >> 2. Span multiple target volumes >> 3. Maintain a virtual fileysystem so all snapshots look like a single >> backup to the user. >> 4. Maintain an easily monitored index so the user can see which drive

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

> I don't see any mention of that venerable *nix utility, dump. Other > than not looking like a mounted filesystem and possibly the sheer size > of the data, dump should fulfill your requirements. I thought about dump, but I did notthink it would stop when a volume is full and prompt for

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

On 09-10-31 09:11:29, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: [nothing here -- I'm late to this thread] > lrhorer wrote: > > Other than tar and rsync, I have never used any Linux backup > > utilities, and I am looking for recommendations. I would like an > > open source olution which will do the following:

RE: Recommended Linux Backup

lrhorer wrote: > Since in this case the mounted target will never contain more than > 2TB or at most 3TB of files, rsync will inevitably try to copy the > other 20 or 30 TB of files every time. It has no way to look up the > contents of the 10 or 15 offline hard drives. I found "Backup & Recovery

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

On Thursday October 29 2009 5:14:44 pm lrhorer wrote: > 1. Back up to removable hard drives > 2. Span multiple target volumes > 3. Maintain a virtual fileysystem so all snapshots look like a single > backup to the user. > 4. Maintain an easily monitored index so the user can see which drive > will

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 lrhorer wrote: > Other than tar and rsync, I have never used any Linux backup utilities, > and I am looking for recommendations. I would like an open source > solution which will do the following: > > 1. Back up to removable hard drives > 2. Span mul

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20091030_010001, lrhorer wrote: >> Alex Samad wrote: >> >> > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 01:37:51AM +, Paulo A.B. wrote: >> >> It's based on Rsync, but has a different flavor. >> >> >> >> Try ribs . >> > >> > Or have a look at rdiff-

Re: Recommended Linux Backup correction

s/would fault/would not fault/ On 20091030_192015, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20091030_010001, lrhorer wrote: > > Alex Samad wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 01:37:51AM +, Paulo A.B. wrote: > > >> It's based on Rsync, but has a different flavor. > > >> > > >> Try ribs

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

On 20091030_010001, lrhorer wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 01:37:51AM +, Paulo A.B. wrote: > >> It's based on Rsync, but has a different flavor. > >> > >> Try ribs . > > > > Or have a look at rdiff-backup > This doesn't sound to m

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 01:00:01AM -0500, lrhorer wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 01:37:51AM +, Paulo A.B. wrote: > >> It's based on Rsync, but has a different flavor. > >> > >> Try ribs . > > > > Or have a look at rdiff-backup > T

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

> 1. Back up to removable hard drives > 2. Span multiple target volumes > 3. Maintain a virtual fileysystem so all snapshots look like a single > backup to the user. > 4. Maintain an easily monitored index so the user can see which drive > will be needed for a particular backup or restore operation

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 06:14:44PM -0500, lrhorer wrote: > Other than tar and rsync, I have never used any Linux backup utilities, > and I am looking for recommendations. I would like an open source > solution which will do the following: > > 1. Back up to removable hard drives > 2. Span multiple

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

Alex Samad wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 01:37:51AM +, Paulo A.B. wrote: >> It's based on Rsync, but has a different flavor. >> >> Try ribs . > > Or have a look at rdiff-backup This doesn't sound to me as if it fits the bill, either. It sounds closer t

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

Tony Baldwin wrote: > lrhorer wrote: >> Other than tar and rsync, I have never used any Linux backup >> utilities, >> and I am looking for recommendations. I would like an open source >> solution which will do the following: >> >> 1. Back up to removable hard drives > > I rsync to a removable u

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

Paulo A.B. wrote: > It's based on Rsync, but has a different flavor. > > Try ribs . Please see my respose above. If it is based on rsync, I would expect it to have most of the limitations of rsync, adn I don't see in the README that it would seem to do what I

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 01:37:51AM +, Paulo A.B. wrote: > It's based on Rsync, but has a different flavor. > > Try ribs . Or have a look at rdiff-backup > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > > lrhorer wrote: > > > >> Other than

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

It's based on Rsync, but has a different flavor. Try ribs . On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: > lrhorer wrote: > >> Other than tar and rsync, I have never used any Linux backup utilities, >> and I am looking for recommendations. I would li

Re: Recommended Linux Backup

lrhorer wrote: Other than tar and rsync, I have never used any Linux backup utilities, and I am looking for recommendations. I would like an open source solution which will do the following: 1. Back up to removable hard drives I rsync to a removable usb drive, myself. Works great. /tony --