Andrei Bazhgin wrote:
> Does anyone know of a simple backup sollution for unix? I have a linux pizzabox
> and a fbsd server and I would go apeshit if I lost somthing on them.
> 
> I remember some /. reader having some simple sollution that I thaugh was pretty
> useful and smart. He made diffs of the files on his system every other night,
> tar/gzip the diffs and store them on a remote server. Every week, the remote
> server would make a large tarball of all the diffs, and every month it would
> create an ISO image to be burned onto a CD. Clever.
> 
> Anyone know of any already-implemented sollutions like this?

rdiff backup?  google for it.

personally I use dump(8) over ssh to a server with lots of disk and
weekly run the backup area out to tape.  simple and effective.
Everyone's backup needs/desires are different so pick the solution that
works best for you.
-- 
scot

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