On 02/24/2010 11:21 AM, Agnello George wrote: > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 4805500 Feb 24 16:23 4799. > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 22920 Feb 24 16:23 cyrus.cache > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 204 Dec 10 16:27 cyrus.header > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 896 Feb 24 16:23 cyrus.index > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 8669 Feb 24 11:28 cyrus.squat > > this is Just a very small user and a example About 90% of your problem is already solved here, you are using cyrus which has built in mail level replication. All you need to do is setup a lvm volume away from this main store and run your mail replica over to it. then just backup using whatever tools you want. Free win you get is online failover, backup in whatever manner you want! - KB