I'm thinking about moving my Windows Synchronet install to a Linux VPS; I'mãassuming some people are running Synchronet on a VPS, and I was wondering whatãyou do for backup?ããI'd like to back up to my Windows desktop at home; my /sbbs/ folder with filesãand messages is about 7 gigs.ã ãThe last time I did this, the only game in town was rsync under cygwin on aãWindows host and rsync running natively on the Linux VPS.ããIs there any better solution out there people know of?ããThanks!ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.orgã

Re: Backing up a Synchro VPS?ã By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sun Jan 20 2019 08:08 amããã PF> I'm thinking about moving my Windows Synchronet install to a Linux VPS;ã PF> I'm assuming some people are running Synchronet on a VPS, and I wasã PF> wondering what you do for backup?ã ã I run mine under Linode, and linode does nightly snapshots of the entire diskã(for a small fee). ãã PF> I'd like to back up to my Windows desktop at home; my /sbbs/ folder withã PF> files and messages is about 7 gigs.ãã PF> The last time I did this, the only game in town was rsync under cygwin onã PF> a Windows host and rsync running natively on the Linux VPS.ãã PF> Is there any better solution out there people know of?ã ã While rsync isn't the only game in town, it's probably still the best andãeasiest option. ããI'd definitely suggest keeping regular archives, though. Prior to the currentãincarnation of my BBS, I had a drive fail in the middle of a backup corruptingãthe backup and I lost everything. ããDaiTenguãã... Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ War Ensemble BBS - The sport is war, total war - warensemble.comã

Re: Backing up a Synchro VPS?ã By: DaiTengu to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jan 20 2019 12:21:30ããIf you are on linux then i have a backup script that keeps the last fiveãbackups. And i can second the value of the Linode backup service...ããWould be happy to set up linx sbbs hosting for you ;)ããMarisaã--- https://AmigaCity.xyz - Portal for the Amiga - More than 2,600 free DLsã--- https://amigacity.xyz/index.php/downloads/ourtorrents - Amiga Torrentsã--- https://AmigaCity.xyz/radio.html - Amiga game music 24/7ã--- https://BBSlist.SynchronetBBS.org - Active BBS List for all BBS typesã--- https://SynchronetBBS.org/OurServers - A list of all our websitesã--- https://gamenet.SynchronetBBS.org - GameNet BBS Networkã--- https://PocketGames.online - Handheld gaming emaulation playersã þ Synchronet þ Amiga City - The BBS for the Amiga - more than 3,500+ filesã

Re: Backing up a Synchro VPS?ã By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Sun Jan 20 2019 08:08 amãã > I'm thinking about moving my Windows Synchronet install to a Linux VPS; I'mã > assuming some people are running Synchronet on a VPS, and I was wonderingã > what you do for backup?ãã > I'd like to back up to my Windows desktop at home; my /sbbs/ folder withã > files and messages is about 7 gigs.ã > ã > The last time I did this, the only game in town was rsync under cygwin on aã > Windows host and rsync running natively on the Linux VPS.ãã > Is there any better solution out there people know of?ããi just write a script where it rars the bbs up and then send it to me via ftp.ããwhy is your sbbs dir 7 gigs. do you have some junk files in there fromãdoorgames? i know ambrosia can make some huge files.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Backing up a Synchro VPS?ã By: MRO to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jan 21 2019 12:22 amããMR> why is your sbbs dir 7 gigs. do you have some junk files in there fromãMR> doorgames? i know ambrosia can make some huge files.ããfilez, man -- filez. And lots of messages.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.orgã

Re: Backing up a Synchro VPS?ã By: poindexter FORTRAN to MRO on Mon Jan 21 2019 10:51 amãã > Re: Backing up a Synchro VPS?ã > By: MRO to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jan 21 2019 12:22 amãã > MR> why is your sbbs dir 7 gigs. do you have some junk files in there fromã > MR> doorgames? i know ambrosia can make some huge files.ãã > filez, man -- filez. And lots of messages.ããããoh, you nest your file areas in your sbbs dir? i keep it separate because iãlike to backup my bbs a lot and i have a lot of files.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Backing up a Synchro VPS?ã By: MRO to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Jan 22 2019 04:14 pmããMR> oh, you nest your file areas in your sbbs dir? i keep it separate because iãMR> like to backup my bbs a lot and i have a lot of files.ããNot a bad idea, separating them out.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ realitycheckBBS -- http://realitycheckBBS.orgã

poindexter wrote:ãp> I'm thinking about moving my Windows Synchronet install to a Linux VPS; I'mãp> assuming some people are running Synchronet on a VPS, and I was wondering whatãp> you do for backup?ãp> ãp> I'd like to back up to my Windows desktop at home; my /sbbs/ folder with filesãp> and messages is about 7 gigs.ãp> ãp> The last time I did this, the only game in town was rsync under cygwin on aãp> Windows host and rsync running natively on the Linux VPS.ãp> ãp> Is there any better solution out there people know of?ãp> ããLook at burp backup, what it is based on rsync, it's a full backup solution.ãThe client runs on Windows and Linnux and the server runs on Linux only.ãIt's fast, includes deduplication so those big files that are the sameãaren't backed up multiple times. You can configure how many backups you wantãto keep (like 12 monthly, 4 weeks, 7 daily). It can even backup to itself soãyou can have local copies of files in case you screw up editing one orãdelete one accidentally, you can quickly get it back without remembering youãneed to make a copy first. It's open source and free but donations areãaccepted by the author. I usually donate when I screw up back and it savesãmy ass...which has been a couple of times.ããhttps://burp.grke.org/ããI use it for a nightly sbbs backup.ãã[root@brandy bbs.endofthelinebbs.com]# du -sh *ã6.6G 0000099 2019-01-16 22:43:06 +0100ã349M 0000113 2019-01-31 11:43:04 +0100ã275M 0000120 2019-02-07 17:43:03 +0100ã9.4M 0000125 2019-02-13 07:43:03 +0100ã8.8M 0000126 2019-02-14 08:43:03 +0100ã208M 0000127 2019-02-15 09:43:03 +0100ã9.9M 0000128 2019-02-16 10:43:03 +0100ã58M 0000129 2019-02-17 11:43:06 +0100ã9.9M 0000130 2019-02-18 12:43:05 +0100ã290M 0000131 2019-02-19 13:43:04 +0100ããAs you can see my original backup is big, but very little changes so theãdeltas are small in comparison.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.comã

poindexter wrote:ãp> I'm thinking about moving my Windows Synchronet install to a Linux VPS; I'mãp> assuming some people are running Synchronet on a VPS, and I was wondering whatãp> you do for backup?ãp> ãp> I'd like to back up to my Windows desktop at home; my /sbbs/ folder with filesãp> and messages is about 7 gigs.ãp> ãp> The last time I did this, the only game in town was rsync under cygwin on aãp> Windows host and rsync running natively on the Linux VPS.ãp> ãp> Is there any better solution out there people know of?ããI forgot to add, you can get a very cheap VPS of you look at lowendbox.comãand I'd consider one in a different country or even continent. That way ifãyou get nuked...your data is safe :)ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.comã