 | View Full Version : Server Backup Question Matt2001 03-06-2002, 05:14 PM I hate paying my server provider $100 a month per server for backups. Is there software i can get, and load myself, that i can set to do weekly or nightly backups of my server drive? I'm guessing there is software to do this that's cheaper than $100 a month. Also, will it work with single and/or dual hard drive configurations? Thanks Walter 03-06-2002, 06:26 PM There are some scripts that will do this or you can use rsync. Or are the $100 for a second hard drive? Matt2001 03-06-2002, 07:51 PM walter, what are some of the other scripts? kunal 03-06-2002, 11:20 PM I would recommend using rysnc... ive been playing around with it... and its a neat lil thing :) DigitalXWeb 03-07-2002, 12:13 AM Originally posted by kunal I would recommend using rysnc... ive been playing around with it... and its a neat lil thing :) Would second this :D Matt2001 03-07-2002, 12:25 AM ok, i think i'm retarded or something. Does rsync have a website? cause i can't find it. All i get when i search google for "rsync" is a program that brings remote files into sync. priyadi 03-07-2002, 12:34 AM Rsync homepage is http://rsync.samba.org/. As an alternative there is rdiff-backup, similar to rsync, but also maintains history data on backups. djlightning 03-07-2002, 05:34 PM If by chance you might be using webmin, there is a rysnc module for it. Webmin does offer a few other backup modules that you might look at.....but you can't go wrong with rsync. Just a couple of pennies to share :) rysnc module (http://www.nodomainname.de/modules.php?name=Downloads) Webmin (http://www.webmin.com) |