Linux backup

[Malcolm Kay]

On Thursday 19 August 2004 22:10, Ryan Golhar wrote:
> What are you backing up to?

A FreeBSD machine setup for the purpose; with facilities to
copy the backups to tape or DVD.

>
> The procedure I use is to copy all home directories from one machine to
> another every night from the backup server:
>
> rsync -arp --delete -e /usr/bin/ssh mainserver:/home /home
>

Sounds good to me.

> I have RSA keys in place to avoid password prompts...
>

Yes, that's what I am doing, but passing compressed archives through 'ssh';
However i believe I can accommodate the uncompressed copies -- at least 
temporarily.

Thanks

Malcolm Kay