[Techtalk] The Ark

[James]

Yes I've considered Samba.  But I have no need to communicate with
Windows clients, so, why bother? :)

- James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Arnold [mailto:darnold at uakron.edu] 
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 6:39 PM
> To: James
> Cc: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] The Ark
> 
> 
> Have you thought about SAMBA as a possibility?
> 
> Derek
> 
> 
> 2/23/2002 7:14:04 PM, "James" <james at james-web.net> wrote:
> 
> >Hiya all.
> >
> >We have several web/SQL servers on our network.
> >
> >What would be the easiest to create a system which would allow us to 
> >regularly backup and save the backup to another server? 
> (I'll call the 
> >NFS server "The Ark"*)
> >
> >I was thinking NFS for it, but I was unsure of how to do it 
> (in terms 
> >of architecture).
> >
> >Should "The Ark" setup such that it mounts a drive on each 
> server and 
> >then copies the information from the remote drive to its own?  Or 
> >should the remote copy to the The Ark?
> >
> >Or should the web/SQL servers mount a drive on "The Ark" and 
> copy their 
> >stuff to "The Ark"?  Or should they a;; mount a drive on 
> "The Ark" and 
> >have "The Ark" copy stuff off?
> >
> >(Basically it is a decision of who should mount or who and 
> who should 
> >do the push/pull.  Omg I just realized how misconstrued that 
> sentence 
> >could be).
> >
> >Right now I'm actually tar+gzing the stuff myself and 
> copying it to my 
> >home computer, then burning it to CD.
> >
> >- James
> >
> >* Because we have the only server room in North America 
> where flooding 
> >is sometimes an issue :)  The backups aren't because of this, it is 
> >just an inside joke and I think I find it a good classical 
> reference :)
> >
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