[brlug-general] Backups for Linux..

[Tim Fournet]

Yeah, you should be able to run the archive command in a cron job

Dustin Puryear wrote:
> Yup.
>
> I like the archive feature too for off-site backups, but it would be
> nice if those could be automated.
>
> Well, I guess you create your own way to do that..
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> Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 8:18:24 AM, you wrote:
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>   
>> We're loving BackupPC as well. I built a system using BackupPC and a 
>> server attached to a CoRAID EtherDrive filled with 15 750 gig SATA 
>> drives. This gives us a capacity of around 9 terabytes (after spares 
>> drives, etc) for backing up servers all across the country over VPN 
>> connections. Once you have your base setup, it's easy to add more backup
>> clients to the system and see how they're all doing over the web interface
>>     
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>> Dustin Puryear wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi, just wanted to make a quick note. For a long time we were using
>>> tar to tape for a lot of Linux and Unix backups at client sites.
>>> (That, or we used something like Lone-tar.) Recently, we've started
>>> using BackupPC for disk-based backups (BackupPC also created archives
>>> for off-site storage), and we love it. It works GREAT, has support for
>>> Windows, and has one of the most disk-efficient pooling schemes I've
>>> come across.
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