[NTLUG:Discuss] Suggestions for Backup software / schemes for LAMP web server(s)

[David Simmons]

I'm a bit nervous about Dirvish given that the main author passed in 2004
and last program update was 2008.  Is that a sign that the system/setup is
dieing?

-dave

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Richard <ntlug at rain4us.net> wrote:

> On 10/26/2010 5:57 PM, David Simmons wrote:
>
>> Guys,
>>
>> Was wondering what everyone else is using (no need to reinvent the wheel)
>> in
>> regards to backup software/schemes for a LAMP web server.  Did some
>> Googling, but came back with many discussion forums, etc and very
>> professional (i.e. $$$$) online systems.  I'd like to copy my info from
>> one
>> server to another.
>>
>
> Dirvish all the way. ( www.dirvish.org )  It's a perl front end to rsync.
>  A way to keep "full" backups by only doing incrementals.  If data is
> sensitive, you can rsync to a local encrypted container made up of several
> loopback files and the sync the loop back files offsite.  Very flexible.
>
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