On 07/08/10 Jordon Bedwell said: > You don't need "Software" all you need is a simple bash script that 1.) > GZIP's everything but: proc, sys and others, 2.) signs said backup and > then encrypts it and 3.) an SSH cert to the other server and the time to > make said simple script. You can even use Perl or PHP, both of which > support being daemonized so you can do incremental backups or backups of > specific files based on changes. I usually prefer the Perl method, but > sometimes am forced to use PHP and when clients flat out refuse to let > me daemonize I tell them to do it themselves since it's not my problem > anyways I was just being nice and send them an SH script that does > exactly what I described. Personally I pipe tar over ssh so I'm not dependent on enough disk space on the machine being backed-up to create a local archive. Plus, it's only one command that way. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein
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