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Best way to backup a running linux server
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I'm running a IRC/web server on ubuntu 9.04 on slightly old hardware, and well, i'm not sure if anything will break. While i periodically shutdown the box and back it up with clonezilla, i'm looking for a way to backup a running system. I've tried mondo (which didn't work for me, and there's no upd…
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I recommend using rsync. My backup solution copies the data to a mounted samba share. I use an incremental backup so most of the time the backups are very short. Set up a cron job to kick-off your script to run at an interval of your choosing.
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