[CentOS] Remote backup of server

[Johnny Hughes]

On 09/04/2009 11:45 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Johnny Hughes wrote:
> 
>>> I want mount directory of one server to another over internet. I was
>>> looking to NFS4, but there are no security mechanisms. I need
>>> encrypted connection using private key (something like SFTP).
>>>
>>> Or - if there is in CentOS repo (or EPEL) package, that can mount
>>> directory over internet using private key and make differential backup
>>> (like rdiff-backup).
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for links or other resources work up
>>
>> Why not just use rsync over ssh?
> 
> Backuppc is ideal for this - it not only uses rsync over ssh for the 
> xfer (along with some other choices) but it keeps the files compressed 
> and uses hardlinks to de-duplicate the storage so you can keep a much 
> longer history on line than you would expect.  There's an rpm in epel, 
> home page is here: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
> 
> 
I agree with Les on this ... if you are looking to do those kind of
backups, backuppc is very good.  I use it in production at several places.

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