[olug]Backup Solutions

[Mike Peterson]

Do you use a modified tar?
Straight tar unlike cpio does not backup the system file properly, or has
that changed recently?
Tar is not as consitent as cpio when trying to do backups from my 12+ years
of experience in using both on an as needed basis.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Brutsche" <phil at giedi.obix.com>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [olug] Polls and Mail Servers and Backup Solutions


> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
>
> > Can any registered www.olug.org user create a poll?
>
> Ask Brian!
>
> > What do most people run for Mail Servers? Sendmail, Postfix, Qmail,
> > Courire, other.
>
> Exim + Courier IMAP/POP3 (for Maildir++ folders) or UofW IMAP/POP3 (for
> old-fasioned mbox folders)
>
> Sendmail: yuk.  Be prepared to buy several crates of Tylenol.
> Postfix: fairly nice but not as flexible as Exim; very fast
> Qmail: unsupported by author; missing *tons* of functionality in the core
>    distribution compared to Sendmail, Exim, or Postfix.  Much of that can
>    be "fixed" by patches, but I'm hesitant to put *so* many patches that
>    may not be well tested together in one place.
>
> > Has anyone had problems with running Redhat 7.1 Sendmail with 2 NIC
> > cards?
>
> Nope - I tend to avoid both.
>
> > What type of backup solutions do the server administrators that listen
> > and support this list run?
>
> Old-fasioned tar straight to tape :)  I'm using Ecrix drives.
>
> > I run mirroring and also LoneTar backup and recovery.
> > With LoneTar and Redhat 6.2 or 7.0 you get backup and
> > full file verification and you can restore your server from
> > 2 floppy diskettes and your most recent full tape backup.
> > I have IDE HD and SCSI tape backup.
> > I use Ecrix tape drive with NT, SCO, and Redhat.
> >
> > Has anyone locally or on the list used
> >
> > Arkeia, ArcServe, Amanda, or others.
> >
> > Do most administrators do a full backup or incremental backup each day?
>
> Full backup: don't miss a thing that way and our entire data set fits on
> one tape.
>
> We also have a backup server off-site using rsync & ssh to mirror our
> file, web, mail, and DNS servers.
>
> --
>
> Phil
>
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