Matt Mossholder on 10 Sep 2007 04:07:10 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Backup packages


On Sun, 2007-09-09 at 21:48 -0400, Paul L.Snyder wrote:
> I'm finally getting around to setting up a backup system for all the
> various machines around my house.  Any recommendations as to a good
> package to use?
> 
> The backup server is Linux-based, and most of the clients are Linux
> as well.  The option to backup Mac OS and Windows would be nice, but
> is not critical.  The ability to deal intelligently with laptop
> clients, on the other hand, is a sine qua non, as is a FOSS solution.
> 
> I'd like something that runs a bit faster than rsync, if possible.
> Currently, I'm running manual rsyncs whenever I happen to remember
> to do so.   Ideally, I'd like to install the client on the various
> machines and forget about it, other than having the server mail the
> logs to me so I can make sure that everything is continuing to run
> smoothly.
> 
> Bacula looks like it has a lot of moving parts.  Has anybody played
> with rdiff-backup?
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul

You might give BackupPC a try... it has several different methods of
performing the backups (rsync, rsync/ssh, filesystem, CIFS, etc.), and
is intended for disk based backups. It also has the nice feature of
presenting each backup as "full", by hard-linking the identical files.
No need to determine which backup set has a particular file in it.
Packages are available in most distributions.

http://backuppc.sourceforge.net

   --Matt



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