Re: [gentoo-server] [Somewhat OT] Backup Solution (Gentoo Based)

[Kirk Hoganson]

Chris Shelton wrote:
>
> I would suggest looking at bacula: http://www.bacula.org/ .  This is a
> free open source backup program that likely meets most of your needs.
> Bacula has a moderately active users mailing list, detailed
> documentation, MySQL or postgreSQL as backup catalog options, and
> responsive developers.
>
> chris

I would like to thank everyone for their suggestions.  Bacula looks like 
a close fit.  I don't know how it flew under my radar.  My question, for 
those using it, would be how do you handle DB backups?  MySQL backups 
are of the utmost importance here.

I cannot do a mysqldump to the local client filesystem and back that up, 
as that would limit how much space I have available in the partition for 
the DB itself (I would have to save enough space to dump a copy of 
everything).  That isn't really a viable option with our configuration. 
  I was hoping for a backup solution that could backup from the DB to a 
central location without intermediary steps.

How are Bacula users backing up their DB servers?

Thanks,
Kirk
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