[XCSSA] From SANS: "So.. Are all of the bad guys really on the outside?"

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

I would not be adverse to a backup discussion.  I personally use AmazonS3
for the storage location, and on the tool side I actively use: JetS3t,
s3fox, s3cmd.rb/s3sync.rb, Brackup (perl proggie), Super flexible File
Synchronizer, and InfiniteBits.info FTP/HTTP frontside (EC2-based) to S3.

I could augment the discussion with these experiences if anyone is
interested.

John Pappas

2008/1/28 X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio <xcssa at xcssa.org>:

>  Until about two weeks ago, I'd never used rsync before.  Now, I'm using
> it daily!
>
> Not only am I backing up a company's data to my own server daily with
> rsync (and the hard links in the URL Tom sent to me) - I've also found it
> useful when I'm loading data to my server.
>
> I like to keep copies on my server of a lot of software and data.  That
> way, its easy to get to where ever I go - just have to have Internet
> access.  But since uploading through Roadrunner is so slow (44KB), plus my
> downloads slow to that same number when I'm doing a upload - I find its
> quicker and easier to put it on a external hard drive and plug it into my
> server every couple weeks.
>
> So, when I have a new version of Fedora, Centos, Bluequartz or something
> big that I want to keep on my server too - I put it on the external, plug it
> into the server and use rsync to keep the two directories mirror images of
> each other.  Easier than trying to figure out what's in one location and
> checking to see if its also in another location.  Just one command and walk
> away till its done.  NICE!
>
> But I find that I'm still learning about all the options and the things it
> can do.  So, I'd love to see a presentation on rsync.
>
>
>
> Chuck
>
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> On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 11:44, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
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> *On Jan 28, 2008 11:27 AM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio**<xcssa at xcssa.org> wrote:**>**> > The backups are nothing special, just rsync scripts from one machine to**> > another.**>**> :)**>**> Many folks either don't know about or have ever used rsynch.  Especially in a**> production environment as you have.****A show of hands, who hasn't used rsync?****Jeremy******-- **Jeremy Mann**jeremy at biochem.uthscsa.edu****University of Texas Health Science Center**Bioinformatics Core Facility**http://www.bioinformatics.uthscsa.edu**Phone: (210) 567-2672**_______________________________________________**XCSSA mailing list**XCSSA at xcssa.org**http://xcssa.org/mailman/listinfo/xcssa***
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