Skip Guenter wrote: > I don't know if this is a factor or not, but an implementation like this > sounds like it would cause a (perhaps very) small portion of the > BackupPC user base would go by the wayside. I'm talking about the folks > who have a full time job that doesn't include "SysAdmin" but are trying > to keep a small office like environment backed up with minimal hardware > and skills. > > If the target user base is large scale implementations then, obviously > this isn't a factor. If BackupPC, as a package, is intended to address > a wide range of implementation sizes then I think this must factor in. > > This list seems dominated by SysAdmin types and that's understandable > and makes for a great source of knowledge. However, I can't help but > wonder how many little shmucks like me are out there happily using (or > getting ready to use) this package in sub 40 or even sub 20 machine > environments. I don't think ya'll hear from them much.
I have to agree here. I came to BackupPC to replace an rsnapshot server we had doing backups. It was a pieced together system with custom scripts and all the things that make for failing backups. BackupPC persuaded me because of the ease of setup, and lack out complication for setting up new hosts, etc. The compression was a wonderful bonus as well, but not really the point. I liked it so much that I wrote a guide for installing it on CentOS, which is published on their wiki. At any rate, I backup about 21 hosts and 500 Gb of data. I bet the majority of people using it are like me. I consider myself a pretty knowledgeable person overall using Linux, and have been using RHEL/CentOS for about 6 or 7 years now. It's my job at my company, plus I write technical articles online for a publication, but I am by no means a filesystem and database guru. I think that anything to make the program better is welcome, but at what cost? If complexity is added where people now have to have knowledgeable people available in the database world, or in the filesystem world that BackupPC is running on, then what advantage does that bring. For my applications, BackupPC works wonderful exactly the way it is. I'm not running enterprise grade stuff here though, so my opinion is of the little guy type. Everyone's situation is different, though. Just my thoughts, which might not mean much. It's just that the more I read the thread, the more it seems that the typical BackupPC user isn't chiming in. :) Regards, Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ 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/
