Hello,
We have an on-site BackupPC server (2.1.2pl1) backing up 31 hosts, with
a total pool size of 1.8 TB.
We're going to deploy an off-site backup server in a colocation
facility. The colo has a great deal of bandwidth available, but our
office is stuck with a T1 connection (1.5 Mbps symmetric).
Possible configurations:
1. Install BackupPC on the remote server, and do a full backup in the
office prior to deploying it to the colo. From then on, perform only
incremental backups.
2. Use the remote server to hold a copy of the on-site BackupPC
server's file pool. The pool would be rsync'ed on-site initially and
then rsync'ed remotely from then on.
3. Just rsync the local servers, individually, to the remote server,
without involving BackupPC at all. This would mean not having prior
versions available, but it seems like the simplest solution from a
disaster-recovery point of view.
On a related note, are there any plans to have BackupPC display a
progress indicator of some kind during backups and restores? Perhaps
this has been added since 2.1.2pl1, but I'm too lazy to read the
changelogs at the moment. :-)
The lack of a progress meter isn't such a big deal on a local gigabit
LAN, but over a slow T1 link, I'd really like to be able to see what's
going on. Even being able to tail an rsync log would be something.
Thanks in advance.
--
Kevin DeGraaf
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