What backup method(s) do you use?

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 4/18/06, Benjamin Franz <snowhare at nihongo.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>
> > I would like to know what backup methods do you use for your data. So
> > far, I am aware of:
> >
> > - cp/scp
> > - rync
> > - rdiff-backup
> > - archiving and relocating (tar, gz, bzip2, zip)
>
> An in-house Perl script that uses rsync over ssh along with hardlinking to
> create a set of 8 daily, 5 weekly, 3 monthly and 2 quarterly backups in a
> set of directories that appear as full image backups on a dedicated
> machine while taking about the same disk space as a single full
> backup+diffs. It currently handles about 20 servers with around a terabyte
> of data net. I've been using it for something like 5 years now.
>
> --
> Benjamin Franz
>

Sweet!
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