Re: Multisystem backup
On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 06:21:39PM -0500, Jaysen O'Dell wrote:
> Ok I finally need to build a central backup "server". Looking at
> utilizing an old p233 w/64Mram, 10bT NIC and an 8GB HD w/ the spud for
> our deb release. Here are the concerns that I have:
>
> 1) Is NFS a good idea? I am nervous about the obvious solution of NFS
> mount then tar the files. security is the obvious concern but what about
> locking and access.
No, unless you block it at your router, and you are reasonably sure
you don't have sniffers on your net. A switched net helps.
> 2) Is there a solution that will run client side but still wait for
> other jobs to finish first?
>
> 3) What solutions are actually out there that allow recovery of files
> from other systems?
We use a central machine with a DLT and lots of disk to accept backups
from our other machines. We have cron issue something like
tar cvzf - / | (ssh backuphost; cd /assigned/dir; cat > hostname.tar.gz)
It's been a while since I wrote this all, so I'm just winging it.
We then back up the whole disk onto the DLT7000.
Tim
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