[ydl-gen] backup solution

Andres Tello Abrego criptos at aullox.com
Wed Aug 2 09:02:35 MDT 2006


rsync over ssh?
A script + crontab, maybe nothing "fancy" but it works.

What do you want for a "backup tool"?


Nick Jones wrote:
> Does a backup solution exist for Yellow Dog that is reliable.  Please
> don't mention BRU (unreliable), Atempo (not supported), Netvault (not
> supported), or other non-supported backup solutions.
> 
> I've heard backula is good, but it is open source and for guaranteed
> disaster recovery I just find it hard to put faith in it (the motto is
> "it comes by night and sucks the vital essence from your computers",
> ummm doesn't sound too safe :)  Joking aside,  anybody with good
> experiences with recovering a backup when your RAID goes or something?
> 
> I'm guessing most people running YDL run their backups from a separate
> dedicated box with a more common os/architecture (x86 with Linux or
> Windows).
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Nick
> 
> 


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