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Regarding effective backup strategy for Apache Web Server
Hi Experts,
I have a Apache Web Server running on Red Hat Linux 7.3 with MYSQL database installed. However, I have a pretty old machine.
I am planning for disater recovery and thinking of two options _
1) Adding another Hard Disk and using RAID 1 for fault tolerance and fast recovery
2) Using Backup of important filesystems including databases on to the Tape drive.
Actually, I am new to system admin and want to know about the instructions to be followed to achieve these objectives.
Secondly, how can I automate and schedule the process for taking database backups when the mysqld deamon is running ?
I am bit concerned about the system performance as data mirroring may effect the overall perforrmnce of the web server.
Thanks,
I have a Apache Web Server running on Red Hat Linux 7.3 with MYSQL database installed. However, I have a pretty old machine.
I am planning for disater recovery and thinking of two options _
1) Adding another Hard Disk and using RAID 1 for fault tolerance and fast recovery
2) Using Backup of important filesystems including databases on to the Tape drive.
Actually, I am new to system admin and want to know about the instructions to be followed to achieve these objectives.
Secondly, how can I automate and schedule the process for taking database backups when the mysqld deamon is running ?
I am bit concerned about the system performance as data mirroring may effect the overall perforrmnce of the web server.
Thanks,
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here is some info about the software raid http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html, and some info about the backup in linux http://www.linux-backup.net/ and http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/
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Thanks a lot for all info. provided.
Can you please tell one last quetsion :
I want to buy tape drive for my i686 machine(old). We have 4mm DDS-120 4GB data tapes.Which are the good and reliable tape drive (EIDE/SCSI) in the markets today ?
Can you please tell one last quetsion :
I want to buy tape drive for my i686 machine(old). We have 4mm DDS-120 4GB data tapes.Which are the good and reliable tape drive (EIDE/SCSI) in the markets today ?