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Quotealex · 11-17-2005, 10:47 PM

I'm tired of backing up my files manually, what software do you use or recommend?

Jace · 11-17-2005, 10:51 PM

server side or local?

Quotealex · 11-17-2005, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jace

server side or local?

Both or one for each;)

Jace · 11-17-2005, 10:55 PM

locally, i don't save anything on my local computer, i have external discs that any important data goes on, so if the machine takes a dive, the data is still there

you can get an external solution for pretty cheap now, i got my last 200gb drive for $70 on pricewatch.com and a sweet neon lit case for $20 off ebay

you can even set it up so the external is a backup drive, and run your backup program to just dump on there automatically

backup on my server I use the NAS service from theplanet....all automated

Quotealex · 11-18-2005, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Jace

locally, i don't save anything on my local computer, i have external discs that any important data goes on, so if the machine takes a dive, the data is still there

you can get an external solution for pretty cheap now, i got my last 200gb drive for $70 on pricewatch.com and a sweet neon lit case for $20 off ebay

you can even set it up so the external is a backup drive, and run your backup program to just dump on there automatically

backup on my server I use the NAS service from theplanet....all automated

What backup program would that be for your computer?

Quotealex · 11-18-2005, 05:02 AM

Does anyone backup their server(s) into their computer(s) regularly via a program?

Jace · 11-18-2005, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex from Montreal

What backup program would that be for your computer?

i don't backup locally

I have external drives for everything that I save my data on

Quotealex · 11-18-2005, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jace

i don't backup locally

I have external drives for everything that I save my data on

So basically you manually backup everything into your external drive?

InGayPorn · 11-18-2005, 07:12 AM

All you need is a second internal or external hard drive, and a $30 software package called Second Copy 2000. The software makes a backup of your data files to another directory, disk, or even another computer across the network. It then monitors the source files and keeps the backup updated with new or changed files. It runs in the background with no user interaction. So, once it is setup you always have a backup of your data somewhere else.

http://www.centered.com/

onlytease · 11-18-2005, 07:13 AM

you need rsync http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/
we backup all our servers to our office and two offsite locations each night so we have full backups of everything. once you have done the full rsync it will only backup files that have changed since the last copy.
awesome program with little overhead on the servers.

MickeyG · 11-18-2005, 07:15 AM

Just setup a nice SDLT tape library system to backup all of our servers, We're using the BRU software from Tolisgroup to control it all. As far as the workstations we have these maxtor one touch drives, but I got to tell you the software that comes with it is total crap. If your catalog gets corrupt it never rebuilds properly.

Quotealex · 11-18-2005, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by InGayPorn

All you need is a second internal or external hard drive, and a $30 software package called Second Copy 2000. The software makes a backup of your data files to another directory, disk, or even another computer across the network. It then monitors the source files and keeps the backup updated with new or changed files. It runs in the background with no user interaction. So, once it is setup you always have a backup of your data somewhere else.

http://www.centered.com/

I came across this freeware http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm that basically do the same thing I think!

Quotealex · 11-18-2005, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by onlytease

you need rsync http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/
we backup all our servers to our office and two offsite locations each night so we have full backups of everything. once you have done the full rsync it will only backup files that have changed since the last copy.
awesome program with little overhead on the servers.

Thanks for the link, I'm looking into it

Easton · 11-18-2005, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex from Montreal

Does anyone backup their server(s) into their computer(s) regularly via a program?

i backup my servers to an external local drive, but i do it manually too

Quotealex · 11-19-2005, 09:27 AM

Anyone using the software Cobian http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm ? I'm trying to find out how to backup the whole server into my computer instead of files!

psili · 11-19-2005, 09:31 AM

Windows: Just create a scheduled task through the admin screens that runs against a DOS .bat file with predetermined copy commands to an external, mounted location:

sample "copy.bat"

Code:

copy c:\temp\* g:\externaldrive\temp\
copy c:\hot_blonde_pics\* g:\externaldrive\i_like_pussy\

For unix, do the same with a shell script and a cron job. The only money you need to spend is for the external / additional drives.

Jace · 11-19-2005, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex from Montreal

So basically you manually backup everything into your external drive?

well, i guess you can say I have no need to back up really...I just don't save anything locally

MaDalton · 11-19-2005, 10:37 AM

i use Retrospect

http://www.dantz.com/

Avatar · 11-19-2005, 10:50 AM

jace, even though you save on external hd. then you still need to backup that drive. Keeping data in one location no matter where that is still needs to be backed up. I make backup to an external drive which is kept in a safebox and then switched around every week.
This will make my data safe in case of hardware failure or fire at the office or what ever.

I don't backup servers since they can easily be restored from my local data even though it might require some time and work.

Quotealex · 11-19-2005, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Easton

i backup my servers to an external local drive, but i do it manually too

I think you should give http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm or any other auto-backup software a try. After playing around Cobian for a few hours, I think it's pretty good soft for what I need (i.e. backing up both my servers and computer into an external drive).

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Jace FBOP Class Of 2013 Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: bumfuck, ky Posts: 35,562	locally, i don't save anything on my local computer, i have external discs that any important data goes on, so if the machine takes a dive, the data is still there you can get an external solution for pretty cheap now, i got my last 200gb drive for $70 on pricewatch.com and a sweet neon lit case for $20 off ebay you can even set it up so the external is a backup drive, and run your backup program to just dump on there automatically backup on my server I use the NAS service from theplanet....all automated

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Quotealex Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: The Global Digerati Village Posts: 6,265	Does anyone backup their server(s) into their computer(s) regularly via a program?

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MickeyG Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 4,134	Just setup a nice SDLT tape library system to backup all of our servers, We're using the BRU software from Tolisgroup to control it all. As far as the workstations we have these maxtor one touch drives, but I got to tell you the software that comes with it is total crap. If your catalog gets corrupt it never rebuilds properly.

11-19-2005, 09:27 AM	#15
Quotealex Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: The Global Digerati Village Posts: 6,265	Anyone using the software Cobian http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm ? I'm trying to find out how to backup the whole server into my computer instead of files!

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Avatar Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 37	jace, even though you save on external hd. then you still need to backup that drive. Keeping data in one location no matter where that is still needs to be backed up. I make backup to an external drive which is kept in a safebox and then switched around every week. This will make my data safe in case of hardware failure or fire at the office or what ever. I don't backup servers since they can easily be restored from my local data even though it might require some time and work. __________________ porn movies predator traffic trader-nextgen traffic trading