[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Backup Strategy

[Sharp, Chris]

Oh, I'll also mention that we rsync certain data to external drives, such as logs, reports outputs, and offline sessions.

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Sharp" <csharp at georgialibraries.org>
> To: "Evergreen Development Discussion List" <open-ils-dev at list.georgialibraries.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:42:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Backup Strategy
> 
> Hi Elliot,
> 
> PINES uses PostgreSQL's point-in-time recovery backup
> (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/continuous-archiving.html)
> and we back up our application-level customizations via git
> (http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=evergreen/pines.git;a=summary).
>  Our cluster is pretty big ;-).
> 
> Hope that's helpful!
> 
> Chris
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Elliot Voris" <evoris at slcconline.edu>
> > To: "Evergreen Development Discussion List"
> > <open-ils-dev at list.georgialibraries.org>
> > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:35:34 AM
> > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Backup Strategy
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hey, everyone!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > This is more a discussion than a question, but I wanted to see what
> > various libraries are up to when it comes to backups.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > We’re a one-server kinda place, and I’ve created a set of shell
> > scripts that I run (
> > https://github.com/ElliotFriend/backup-scripts/tree/master/evergreen-ils
> > , in case anyone can find them useful). They’re a far cry from
> > perfect, but they work well for me.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I’m really interested to see what other admins are doing for
> > database/OS/code backups (especially curious about you big ol’
> > libraries with huge clusters :-D).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Elliot J. Voris
> > 
> > IT Director
> > 
> > St. Louis Christian College
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > evoris at slcconline.edu
> > 
> > 314.837.6777 x1250
> > 
> > 
> 
> --
> Chris Sharp
> PINES System Administrator
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> Atlanta, Georgia 30345
> (404) 235-7147
> csharp at georgialibraries.org
> http://pines.georgialibraries.org/
> 

-- 
Chris Sharp
PINES System Administrator
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
(404) 235-7147
csharp at georgialibraries.org
http://pines.georgialibraries.org/