Hi All, I have a backup site and I would like to rsync from production to backup site. However, I would like to have all backups be compressed so I can save space. Can anyone recommend a good way to do this? I am currently using tar and bzip2 to do this. TIA
On Saturday 11 October 2008 15:11:57 Mag Gam wrote:> Hi All, > > I have a backup site and I would like to rsync from production to > backup site. However, I would like to have all backups be compressed > so I can save space. Can anyone recommend a good way to do this? I am > currently using tar and bzip2 to do this. >You might like to look at amanda Anne -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081011/89e39891/attachment-0003.sig>
Bacula is another good option is more easy to configure than amanda and have excelent funtions and admin panel Regards Alejandro www.linuxiso.com.ar 2008/10/11, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>:> On Saturday 11 October 2008 15:11:57 Mag Gam wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I have a backup site and I would like to rsync from production to >> backup site. However, I would like to have all backups be compressed >> so I can save space. Can anyone recommend a good way to do this? I am >> currently using tar and bzip2 to do this. >> > You might like to look at amanda > > Anne >
On Saturday 11 October 2008 15:11:57 Mag Gam wrote:> Hi All, > > I have a backup site and I would like to rsync from production to > backup site. However, I would like to have all backups be compressed > so I can save space. Can anyone recommend a good way to do this? I am > currently using tar and bzip2 to do this. > > TIAHave a look at BackupPC < backuppc.sourceforge,net > It is very easy to install from source, there's even an rpm on the testing repo. It does compression and pooling of backups. Tony> ____________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos