[NTLUG:Discuss] Suggestions for Backup software / schemes for LAMP web server(s)

[Richard]

On 10/26/2010 5:57 PM, David Simmons wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Was wondering what everyone else is using (no need to reinvent the wheel) in
> regards to backup software/schemes for a LAMP web server.  Did some
> Googling, but came back with many discussion forums, etc and very
> professional (i.e. $$$$) online systems.  I'd like to copy my info from one
> server to another.

Dirvish all the way. ( www.dirvish.org )  It's a perl front end to 
rsync.  A way to keep "full" backups by only doing incrementals.  If 
data is sensitive, you can rsync to a local encrypted container made up 
of several loopback files and the sync the loop back files offsite.  
Very flexible.