Re: [PLUG] Backup packages

[Cliff Pankonien <cliff@ccpip.com>]

I second jungledisk/amazon s3 (although i only backup business docs and 
stuff, so my data bill is a lot less.) jungledisk is pretty cool, 
available for windoze, linux and mac, and cheap, $20 one-time purchase; 
download, install and use on as many machines as you like. so i rsync my 
docs dir at 0300 every morning, works very well.

cliff

Chad Vogelsong wrote:
> I'll second BackupPC. I set it up at my last job to backup 60+ users at 
> 2 offices, plus several remote (home) workers.  The Windows client was 
> easy to setup using the Win version of rsync.
>
> I also use it at home to backup Linux & Windows machines to a central 
> server.  From that server, I use a JungleDisk (www.jungledisk.com) 
> client ($20 for unlimited home use & free lifetime upgrades) to send the 
> backups off site to the Amazon Web Services storage farm.  I send all my 
> data off site, including pictures, music & movies to the tune of 140+ 
> GB.  My monthly bill for backups is usually around $20 - $25 ($0.15 per 
> GB per month, plus a few pennies for data xfer).  Well worth it for the 
> piece of mind that we get knowing that if something should happen (fire, 
> flood, theft, etc.), all our precious data is retrievable.  All the data 
> is encrypted as soon as it leaves the server at home.
>
> You can use other pieces of software to backup to AWS, including OSS 
> ones.  I tried JungleDisk and loved it.
>
> Chad
>
> 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
> >
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