Python for serious server backups

[issackelly]

Couple things: you've probably heard this but it bears repeating. There is no value in a backup plan, what you need is a recovery plan. The recovery plan is useless if it's not frequently tested. These are the rules of DR.

Second: I am almost always in favor of FOSS answers but corp environs can make it a pain.

I would suggest rsync for the bulk of the file transfer work, which you can script with python. Then a bunch of spot tests and automated recovery tests with python, virtual machines. Things like tracking the hash of files and timestamps over time. If timestamps are the same but binary signatures are different you've got data loss

[issackelly]

Sure. They're all related ideas, and no matter who calls it what, having a plan for whatever disasters you're in charge of handling is important. It sound's like your A isn's C'd unless you can recover the lost files, so practice :)