Re: backup strategy using rsync

2007-01-19 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Randall, > I got to thinking, how hard would it be to isolate the hardware dependent > portions of a system, and simply backup and restore the hardware > independent portions onto a new system using rsync? Can someone shed some > light on the subject? A thinks I'm not clear on. I have implement

Re: backup strategy using rsync

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Re: backup strategy using rsync

2007-01-19 Thread Randall Smith
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 02:08:31PM -0600, Randall Smith wrote: I've been looking at various backup strategies in the case I need to quickly (within an hour or so) move to different hardware. I like Linux-VServer because it makes the system mostly hardware agnostic, b

Re: backup strategy using rsync

2007-01-18 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 02:08:31PM -0600, Randall Smith wrote: > I've been looking at various backup strategies in the case I need to > quickly (within an hour or so) move to different hardware. I like > Linux-VServer because it makes the system mostly hardware agnostic, but > I only need a sin

Re: backup strategy using rsync

2007-01-18 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 02:08:31PM -0600, Randall Smith wrote: > Since you mentioned rdiff-backup, I plan to compare the two. I'm just > trying to avoid a several day restore if someone walks out the door with > the primary server or it blows up or whatever. rdiff-backup is like rsync, only it

Re: backup strategy using rsync

2007-01-18 Thread Randall Smith
Stephen R Laniel wrote: On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 01:20:37PM -0600, Randall Smith wrote: I've been looking at various backup strategies in the case I need to quickly (within an hour or so) move to different hardware. I like Linux-VServer because it makes the system mostly hardware agnostic, but

Re: backup strategy using rsync

2007-01-18 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 01:20:37PM -0600, Randall Smith wrote: > I've been looking at various backup strategies in the case I need to > quickly (within an hour or so) move to different hardware. I like > Linux-VServer because it makes the system mostly hardware agnostic, but > I only need a sin

backup strategy using rsync

2007-01-18 Thread Randall Smith
I've been looking at various backup strategies in the case I need to quickly (within an hour or so) move to different hardware. I like Linux-VServer because it makes the system mostly hardware agnostic, but I only need a single instance. I got to thinking, how hard would it be to isolate the