[Tfug] backups?

[Joshua Bernstein]

How about distributed rsync? If setup some sort peer-ed rsync between 
the servers then your data gets backed up between all of the 3 HDDs. 
For example

box1 rsyncs down box2 and 3
box 2 rsyncs down box 1 and 3
box 3 rsyncs down box 1 and 2

That way you've distributed your data effectively around.

-Joshua Bernstein
Systems Analyst
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, USA


On Jul 15, 2004, at 11:21 PM, Paul Scott wrote:

> Andrew Huntwork wrote:
>
>> i'd like to back up some files on 3 linux machines on my local 
>> network.  It's really just home directories and cvs that i care 
>> about.  I don't have a tape drive, just a cd writer and the hard 
>> drives on the 3 machines themselves.  I started looking at amanda, 
>> but it seems to be highly dependent on a tape drive.  Is there any 
>> free program that will help me do this?  And what is the best backup 
>> strategy with my resources?  copying files around, or burning data to 
>> a bunch of cd's, or both?
>
> tar and gzip or bzip2 + whatever you write CD's with should do it 
> unless you will want to do this often enough to need incremental 
> backups or something.
>
> Paul Scott
>
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