[thelist] Backing up data on a unix server

[Ivo P]

Hi,

I've used rsync (http://rsync.samba.org/ ) in the past. It is secure
and only transfers the those files that have changed and then only the
relevant changes.

I have it set up as you mention, a deamon runs a script that dumps the
database to a file (in my case postgresql) and the rsync the dump and
related files to a remote server.

Ivo


On 1/16/06, Kevin Sedgley <kevin at topophilia.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've dived into the world of running my own dedicated server. It is running
> unix, fedora core 3.
>
> Does anyone know of any easy to set up applications for backing up mysql
> tables and certain directories? Ideally it would FTP the data to another
> location, run as a daemon and run itself nightly.
>
> I am not familiar with backing up data but am familiar with fundamental unix
> commands and RPMs.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
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