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From: albert@sunburn.stanford.edu (Albert Peters)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Backing up servers in a Mac/Sun network
Keywords: backup, mac, unix, aufs
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Date: 25 Jul 90 21:05:08 GMT
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In article <82445@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> francis@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (RD Francis) writes:
>I'm looking for helpful suggestions as to my back-up options.  We've
>got a few hundred Macs, and a few hundred Suns, Suns on Ethernet, Macs
>connected in by several Fastpaths.  I'm looking for a way to back up
>my Mac servers (data being most important -- I can reconstruct the
>server folder simply enough) using our existing equipment.  The
>possibilities that I am presently aware of would include:

[Miscellaneous ideas: Unix, ftp, appleshare, gator boxes, KIP, CAP, A/UX,
NetStream/JetStream, and Network Diskfit]


You can get some information about Mac backup software from the July 1989
issue of MacUser.

I'm working on a similar problem.  We have a half dozen Macintoshes
that I'd like to back up to a UNIX machine.  Right now I'm considering
using Redux to backup the Mac files via AUFS to the UNIX machines.

Redux and DiskFit both have the advantage of being "imaging".  That is, they
maintain an "image" of the Mac's hard disk.  Since our UNIX machines are
backed up nightly, there is no need to keep a complete chronology of the
changes to the files in the backup.  

But, neither Redux nor Network Diskfit handle AUFS terribly well.  Neither
one can do incremental backups over AUFS.  Since Redux allows more control
in choosing which files to backup, it is leading in the consideration.

Coupled with QuicKeys/QuickTimer, I can trigger the backup late at night
or via a single key combination.

I'd also appreciate any info others may have on this subject.

-A