I'm already rsyncing to a backup server.  The short coming someone pointed out would be if a table was dropped by accident or by a successful hacker then the rsync would replicate the changes to the backup server, leaving me with a real problem.  So what I want to do is dump the data, tar it and store it off site. I can write a script to ftp the tarball, however I was wondering if there was a service that will just ftp in and copy what is there.  That would be the simplest.  Of course it would have to be SFTP.   ------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Thu, 5/20/10, Eric Cope wrote: From: Eric Cope Subject: Re: Off site automated backups To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010, 4:37 PM is FTP necessary or can you rsync them? Eric On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Stephen wrote: in many many ways really. the simplest "dirt" thing that comes to mind is a cronjob/backup script useing tar with compression the files you want to save then and ftp command to push the newly created file. I know there are tools that can automate this im sure. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 4:20 PM, keith smith wrote: Man I've got 3 threads going at once.  Thanks for all your help. I want to do some automated backups and I've got this picture in my head of a service that can be configured to upload files from a specified folder by configuring it to FTP into my server. Is that possible? Thanks in advance! ------------------------ Keith Smith --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -----Inline Attachment Follows----- --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss