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

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

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




On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 11:44, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio
wrote:

    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
    
    
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