Subj : Backing up a Synchro VPS?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : DaiTengu
Date : Sun Jan 20 2019 12:21 pm

  Re: Backing up a Synchro VPS?
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sun Jan 20 2019 08:08 am


 PF> I'm thinking about moving my Windows Synchronet install to a Linux VPS;
 PF> I'm assuming some people are running Synchronet on a VPS, and I was
 PF> wondering what you do for backup?
 
 I run mine under Linode, and linode does nightly snapshots of the entire disk
(for a small fee). 

 PF> I'd like to back up to my Windows desktop at home; my /sbbs/ folder with
 PF> files and messages is about 7 gigs.

 PF> The last time I did this, the only game in town was rsync under cygwin on
 PF> a Windows host and rsync running natively on the Linux VPS.

 PF> Is there any better solution out there people know of?
 
 While rsync isn't the only game in town, it's probably still the best and
easiest option. 

I'd definitely suggest keeping regular archives, though. Prior to the current
incarnation of my BBS, I had a drive fail in the middle of a backup corrupting
the backup and I lost everything. 

DaiTengu

.... Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

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