I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but don't know what software to recommend for the differential b/u's. For full backups I can just schedule a tar and compress using cron. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Marty -- Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Drupal Development Blog: http://drupal.face2interface.com/ Free Database Search App: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml
> I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running > CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup > device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of > system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but don't know > what software to recommend for the differential b/u's. For full > backups I can just schedule a tar and compress using cron. > > Any recommendations would be appreciated. >for me www.amanda.org everytime
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Marty Landman wrote:> I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running > CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup > device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of > system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but don't > know what software to recommend for the differential b/u's. For full > backups I can just schedule a tar and compress using cron. > > Any recommendations would be appreciated.There are a couple threads on this list from earlier in the year you might find helpful: * Tape Drive Recommendations http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2007-March/thread.html#77709 * Help with backups http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2007-August/thread.html#85292 -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/
Bacula is probably the most advanced backup tools: multi-server, multi-back-device... Run on windows, linux and under GPL. Packages available for mainstream distribution. Not easy to use nor configure, but arkeia, arcserver ... are no easy too ! On Nov 8, 2007 3:54 PM, Marty Landman <mlandman at face2interface.com> wrote:> I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running > CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup > device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of > system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but don't know > what software to recommend for the differential b/u's. For full > backups I can just schedule a tar and compress using cron. > > Any recommendations would be appreciated. > > Marty > > > -- > Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 > Drupal Development Blog: http://drupal.face2interface.com/ > Free Database Search App: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- Alain Spineux aspineux gmail com May the sources be with you
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.I use backuppc for all my backups. I never got the archiving fucntionality to work, so I take lvm snapshots of the backup directory and put them on tape. Patrick
Marty Landman wrote:> I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running > CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup > device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of > system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but don't know > what software to recommend for the differential b/u's. For full > backups I can just schedule a tar and compress using cron. > > Any recommendations would be appreciated. > > Marty > >Just to add my .02 to the mix, I've been using Arkeia software for a few years on several networks and I've been *Very* pleased. Easy setup, multi-server support and not too terribly costly. arkeia.com HTH, ~Ray
Marty Landman wrote:> I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running > CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup > device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of > system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but don't know > what software to recommend for the differential b/u's. For full > backups I can just schedule a tar and compress using cron. > > Any recommendations would be appreciated. > > Marty > >if the website uses some sort of sql database, and your backup software isn't explicitly database aware, remember to dump the database and backup the dump rather than the raw DB files...