sshfs

[Red Squirrel]

I recently bumped into this and while I have not tried it yet it looks pretty promising. Just curious if anyone uses this to mount remove SSH folders for backups with rsync, and whether or not it works out well? Think I will set it up on my main home server so I can mount my host's ssh folder and do remote backups of stuff like forum attachments on my site. In fact I could pretty much backup all my servers this way if I use rsync. Of course in a disaster situation a restore would take bloody ages over dsl, but least I got the backups.

 

[child of wonder]

It works great and is a nice way to do encrypted remote backups. You can also pipe rsync through SSH by using the -e parameter, too.

 

[imported_BadBlock]

I use sshfs on a daily basis and it works well for remote access.

Only used it a couple times for backup purposes but I seem to remember having to use the "-o workaround=rename" option when mounting for rsync to work. Just a heads up.

 

[yoda291]

I use sshfs for central storage to make things like pushing out config changes or logfiles a little easier. It's always been reliable for me so I don't see why it wouldn't work for backups.

Personally, though, I find rsync --rsh="ssh -p bla bla bla to be easier for automated backups. One less thing to monitor you know?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Good to know, I'll play around with it.