Guy Boisvert wrote: > System Admin wrote: >> We have about 5 servers spread out throughout the country: 2 Centos >> 4.4, 1 Red Hat and 2 windows machines- looking for some good ideas >> for a back-up solution. Our servers hold a lot of data, but only a >> small portion of it is crucial on any given day. That crucial >> portion is always changing (for example, this week the crucial files >> all relate to November- current and previous projects, and the next >> project in early December). What we need to have is a backup >> solution that would allow us to roll back to any given day (about >> four weeks of daily history). Bare-metal backups are a must. >> >> Our ideal solution would be to find someone who could design and >> implement a system for us. All ideas and suggestions are welcome. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> > > Hi! > > Have a look at: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ > > I use this kind of setup for my clients, works like a charm. I made > my own scripts and we can hold easily last 30 days in rolling scheme. > It works over SSH and support compression of the stream. RSync is > very efficient. For Winblows, check: > > http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_pag e&PAGE_id=6&MMN_position=23:23 > > Hope this helps! > > Guy Boisvert > IngTegration inc. I've also written up a howto on this very subject. You can read about it here: http://marks-tech-pages.blogspot.com . I got started with mikerubel, and took it further. HTH Mark