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Backing up hobbit

list Hobbit User
Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:27:22 -0400 (EDT)
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On Thu, October 18, 2007 16:54, Josh Luthman wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to backup?  I don't have the
luxury of using tapes or another machine on the same LAN, so I am
transporting this data over the Internet.  While bandwidth is not a
concern, I'd much rather not have to transport a gigabyte every morning
=)
I have a lot of other configuration data on the hobbit server, relevant to
Continuity of Operations issues, so my backup requirements are broader.  I
just push the entire contents of the box offsite every night using rsync
over ssh with a public/private key setup.  rsync is very intelligent about
what needs to be pushed, and the transfer is usually well under a gig.