*BSD News Article 46624


Return to BSD News archive

Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!news.rain.org!port02
From: noah@rain.org (Matt Noah)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Backups - which method do you prefer?
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 95 11:28:46 GMT
Organization: Joseph's Father, Moorpark, CA
Lines: 8
Message-ID: <3tr2te$de0_002@ventura.rain.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: @port02.ventura.rain.org
X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3

I am starting an ISP and want to backup a server which will almost
always be "on-line".  What backup method do you use?  Do you take
the server off-line when doing backups?  Methods considered are:

1.  dump/restore
2.  tar
3.  pax