Subj : Re: Backing up a Synchro VPS?
To : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nelgin
Date : Wed Feb 20 2019 02:21 am
poindexter wrote:
p> I'm thinking about moving my Windows Synchronet install to a Linux VPS; I'm
p> assuming some people are running Synchronet on a VPS, and I was wondering what
p> you do for backup?
p>
p> I'd like to back up to my Windows desktop at home; my /sbbs/ folder with files
p> and messages is about 7 gigs.
p>
p> The last time I did this, the only game in town was rsync under cygwin on a
p> Windows host and rsync running natively on the Linux VPS.
p>
p> Is there any better solution out there people know of?
p>
Look at burp backup, what it is based on rsync, it's a full backup solution.
The client runs on Windows and Linnux and the server runs on Linux only.
It's fast, includes deduplication so those big files that are the same
aren't backed up multiple times. You can configure how many backups you want
to keep (like 12 monthly, 4 weeks, 7 daily). It can even backup to itself so
you can have local copies of files in case you screw up editing one or
delete one accidentally, you can quickly get it back without remembering you
need to make a copy first. It's open source and free but donations are
accepted by the author. I usually donate when I screw up back and it saves
my ass...which has been a couple of times.
https://burp.grke.org/
I use it for a nightly sbbs backup.
[root@brandy bbs.endofthelinebbs.com]# du -sh *
6.6G 0000099 2019-01-16 22:43:06 +0100
349M 0000113 2019-01-31 11:43:04 +0100
275M 0000120 2019-02-07 17:43:03 +0100
9.4M 0000125 2019-02-13 07:43:03 +0100
8.8M 0000126 2019-02-14 08:43:03 +0100
208M 0000127 2019-02-15 09:43:03 +0100
9.9M 0000128 2019-02-16 10:43:03 +0100
58M 0000129 2019-02-17 11:43:06 +0100
9.9M 0000130 2019-02-18 12:43:05 +0100
290M 0000131 2019-02-19 13:43:04 +0100
As you can see my original backup is big, but very little changes so the
deltas are small in comparison.
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