Backup question for RedHat Samba Server

[Robert Meyer]

Why not just use the blocking arguments to tar to further
improve the process.  You can eliminate a pipe and a 'dd' process.

e.g. tar cvfB /dev/st1 64 /export/proj /export/mishome

Just a thought...

Cheers!

Bob
--- Justin Bennett <justin.bennett at dynabrade.com> wrote:
> I use tar for our file server (samba). Dump gives you more flexability
> with incremental backups. Where tar is just a full. I just do it all
> every night with tar. I have several diffrent drives with diffrent mount
> points you can back them all up with a single command line:
> 
> Example:
> 
> tar -cf - /export/proj /export/mishome | dd of=/dev/st1 obs=64
> 
> (the dd is just to get the correct block size to get max throughput on
> our DLT80s. It's not needed, but significantly reduces backup time)
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 09:20, arctic 91 wrote:
> > Hello,
> >    Well since most of my testing is down for the migration to Samba off of
> Novell, one big question I have is for backups. We always use Tar on our unix
> web server. Is this going to server us well for a File server? I know through
> webmin it has a file system backup with dump, has anyone used that at all?
> The drives will have multiple mounts for the system, isn't it true with tar
> you need a seperate tape per mount? Any information would be greatly
> appreciated. 
> > 
> >    Carl
> > 
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> Justin Bennett
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=====
Bob Meyer
Knightwing Communications, Inc.
36 Cayuga Blvd
Depew, NY 14043
Phone: 716-308-8931 or 716-681-0076
Meyer_RM at Yahoo.com

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