[ILUG] NFS for server

[Gareth 'bigbro' Eason]

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On 05/02/11 20:08, Oliver Pfaff wrote:
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>>> -Ronan
>> you'd have to 
>> rsync -ave ssh /path/to/mail-folder user at farbox.com:/path/to/nirvana
> 
> Thanks for the rsync tip - ill try that.
> 
> Also thanks to Colin for the filezilla tip - its in action now - seems a 
> lot snappier.  There are of course tons of FTP clients out there but at 
> least this saves me trawling through trying to get a good.

	For backing up files, rsync is far more effective than FTP as it
supports checksumming, partial downloads, partial deltas, file attribute
and timestamp preservation and a whole lot more.

	If the connection is your limiting factor, rsync will also support
compression. Try:

 $ rsync -azvP user at server.with.data:/path/to/data/ /backup/path/


	Let that complete, and then to be sure to be sure, or realistically to
get any data that's changed since the backup ran the first time, run it
again. If you want to mirror the remote site exactly, including deletion
of any files that have been deleted:
 $ rsync --delete -azvP user at server.with.data:/path/to/data/ /backup/path/

	Be very careful with rsync --delete - it will delete any files it
doesn't find on the source drive BEFORE sync'ing over the new data - so
make absolutely sure you're pointing at the right source when using the
- --delete argument. Also, make sure you have another working backup
before using --delete :)

	Best regards,
	-->Gar
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