http://linuxexchange.org/questions/815/rdiff-storing-incremental-data-separately<p>I am trying to develop a new backup scheme for our Linux servers using something based on rsync (rdiff-backup, duplicity). Basically, I would like to do full backups weekly on Saturday and daily incremental backups. After the full backup completes, I would like to take that drive offline and store it off site. Is there any way I can do this while still being able to do daily incremental backups? Is rsync the correct tool for this or would something else work better?</p> <p>I tried to be as clear as possible, let me know if come more clarification would be helpful.</p>enThu, 10 Jun 2010 14:30:12 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/815/rdiff-storing-incremental-data-separately/826<p>If the drive is off-line, there is no way to perform an incremental backup using rsync. You'll need to implement something that keeps track of what it has backed up with the scenario you've posted. You could also implement something like rsnapshot and then use a multi-drive rotation to do the incrementals (so one drive would be safely off-site while the other one was in the active rotation).</p> <p>More information on rsnapshot: <a href="http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/articles/Jeremys_Magazine_Articles/Backups_with_rsnapshot" rel="nofollow">http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/articles/Jeremys_Magazine_Articles/Backups_with_rsnapshot</a></p> <p>--jeremy</p>jeremyThu, 10 Jun 2010 14:30:12 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/815/rdiff-storing-incremental-data-separately/826http://linuxexchange.org/questions/815/rdiff-storing-incremental-data-separately/820<p>If you want to set up a good backup system for your company, you might want to take a look at <a href="http://www.bacula.org/en/" rel="nofollow">bacula</a>. The setup takes a while, but I never encountered a backup task that I couldn't handle with bacula.</p> <blockquote> <p>Bacula is a set of Open Source, enterprise ready, computer programs that permit you to manage backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of computers of different kinds.</p> </blockquote>JazzWed, 09 Jun 2010 22:56:37 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/815/rdiff-storing-incremental-data-separately/820