From: William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Back up a server in real-time
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:04:41 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1226826281.21629.19.camel@rattus.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200811151945.23398.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
dirvish is in portage.
tar/rsync/cp are not really backups but manual copies. If you want true
backup you need scripts to handle the extra functionality for things
like versioning, archive management and the all important restore.
Dirvish is excellent on all but restore.
BillK
On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 19:45 +0000, Mick wrote:
> Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my memory!)
>
> What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off line?
--
William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au>
Home in Perth!
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-15 19:45 [gentoo-user] Back up a server in real-time Mick
2008-11-15 20:13 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-11-15 20:23 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-11-15 20:29 ` Jerry McBride
2008-11-15 20:38 ` Dale
2008-11-16 0:08 ` Mick
2008-11-16 0:42 ` Dale
2008-11-16 2:58 ` Jerry McBride
2008-11-16 9:54 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-11-16 11:51 ` Mick
2008-11-16 13:08 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-11-16 17:12 ` Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
2008-11-16 5:16 ` jaeyoung lee
2008-11-16 9:04 ` William Kenworthy [this message]
2008-11-16 9:36 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-11-16 9:58 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-11-16 10:31 ` William Kenworthy
2008-11-16 10:39 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-11-16 12:36 ` William Kenworthy
2008-11-16 13:15 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-11-17 16:07 ` Joerg Schilling
2008-11-30 22:56 ` Mick
2008-11-30 23:04 ` Joerg Schilling
2008-11-16 10:35 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-11-19 16:59 ` Mark Somerville
2008-11-19 17:15 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2008-11-20 7:15 ` Dirk Heinrichs
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