Daniel Carrera wrote at about 19:53:32 +0200 on Friday, May 22, 2009: > Hello, > > I just started taking a look at BackupPC. It looks really good. > > I'm looking for a backup solution for a home network (two Linux PCs). My > current solution is a simple script using rsync and hard links to create > the appearance of daily backups. What got my attention about BackupPC is > that it seems to do roughly the same thing, but with some extra features > like compression. So now I have a few questions: >
Not sure if you yet realize this, but BackupPC actually does more than just hard links and compression. Specifically, 1. It has the notion of a "pool" so that common files between multiply backed up computers are only copied once. When you have multiple Windows and/or Linux computers, this saves a lot of backup space. 2. Incrementals only contain hard links for new files vs. your system where every day you create a new hard link for every single file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
