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Can I Rsync over the net?
I took my readynas NV+ to a remote private location and changed the backup from my LAN address to my DYNDNS account. It ran fine. I am backing up videos and music from my home theater system. I...
I also thought a lot about how to best do offsite backups over the internet. Rsync definitely seems to be the best solution for that. However, it quits upon network errors and cannot deal with changing IP addresses.
Therefore I wrote a simple backup script, that keeps rsync in a loop and recalls it until the backup job is completed. Upon completion the script either sends an email or displays a growl notification on my Mac's desktop. Each backup job is stored in a small configuration file which is fed to the script. It is possible to set backup intervals, split up big backup tasks into smaller folder jobs and also to create a backup history by transferring the backup into a dated folder upon each run.
By adding the backup jobs to cron, they run in the background according to a predefined schedule without needing any further user attention.
I would like to share this script, which I called Space Machine :D, on my blog: http://goo.gl/d3VKd
I hope this is helpful for people here and I would very much appreciate feedback from some experts and testers!
Therefore I wrote a simple backup script, that keeps rsync in a loop and recalls it until the backup job is completed. Upon completion the script either sends an email or displays a growl notification on my Mac's desktop. Each backup job is stored in a small configuration file which is fed to the script. It is possible to set backup intervals, split up big backup tasks into smaller folder jobs and also to create a backup history by transferring the backup into a dated folder upon each run.
By adding the backup jobs to cron, they run in the background according to a predefined schedule without needing any further user attention.
I would like to share this script, which I called Space Machine :D, on my blog: http://goo.gl/d3VKd
I hope this is helpful for people here and I would very much appreciate feedback from some experts and testers!
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