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There's a good intro to using rsync for backing up in the March issue of the |
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linux gazette ( http://linuxfocus.org/English/March2004/article326.shtml ). |
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Regards, |
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Nayan. |
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From: "Mark Schoonover" <schoon@××××.com> |
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To: <gentoo-server@l.g.o> |
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Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:25 PM |
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Subject: RE: [gentoo-server] Backup Software |
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> Steve Murphy <mailto:list@××××××××××××××.com> scribbled on Thursday, March |
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> 25, 2004 10:19 AM: |
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> > Bryn, |
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> > What about bare metal recovery with Bacula? Have you or anyone else |
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> > tested it? |
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> > |
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> > I've grown weary of using tapes, as the drives go bad and they end up |
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> > being a pain in the ass. I'd like to setup a central backup server |
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> > with a bunch of large capacity, mirrored, hot-swap hard drives. Would |
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> > Bacula work with this config? |
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> > Steve |
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> > P.S. Mark, sorry if this is a repeat of a recent topic, I just signed |
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> > up for the list an hour ago and I can't find where to search the |
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> > archives. |
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> No problem Steve! I've read through the Bacula docs the last day or so, |
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and |
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> am about to install it on a system with a single tape drive that's already |
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> running Arkeia. Want to get a feel for it before installing it on my dual |
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> AIT drive library. Bacula would work with the drives as you want. It |
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> supports to file backups! With as much as Bacula can do, I'm wondering why |
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> it's not a very popular program?? It looks to have all the same features |
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as |
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> Arkeia, or Bru Pro - both of which I've used in the past. |
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> HTH |
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> .mark |
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