norman.walsh.name: Comments on /2006/03/27/backuporamahttp://norman.walsh.name/2006/03/27/backuporama/comments.atom2012-02-13T08:55:05.23497ZComment 1 on /2006/03/27/backuporamahttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00012006-03-28T03:40:29Z2006-03-28T03:40:29ZRobertoda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I just learned about rsync.net today. I haven't tried it yet, but it's a service from my co-location provider, and they're very professional.

Comment 2 on /2006/03/27/backuporamahttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00022006-05-06T13:19:22Z2006-05-06T13:19:22ZChris Wilsonda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Hi Norman, you might be interested in a couple of backup applications. rdiff-backup is like rsync but stores incremental history. I have about a year's worth of daily backups in it. Box Backup does encrypted compressed differential streaming backups over your internet connection. Neither has a GUI right now, but I'm developing one for Box Backup (http://boxi.sourceforge.net).

Also, you don't need to shut down MySQL to back it up. Just run mysqldump --databases --lock-tables, and pipe the output to a file.

Cheers, Chris.