On 13.1.2010 12:04, Sorin Srbu wrote: > Hi all, > > I've built a new backup server for our linux-clients. > > Is Amanda the way to go for a backup-solution? > > It seems to be pretty powerful, if a bit finickety to set up initially. > > The way we currently do backups is to use rsync from the clients to two > folders on an older server that rolls over every other week. This worked fine > for a while, but the rsync is cumulative and the users generate a tremendous > amount of data every day after having had a client upgrade with newer and > hilariously fast computers for calculation. The previous *nix-admin set it up > this way with rsync, meaning that we in the long run have data that is way > obsolete and get increasingly difficult to maintain. > > As the backup solution must be next to free, ie "free beer", Amanda looks > suitable. > > What do you use for backing up data?
I think nobody has yet mentioned rdiff-backup. I have very good experiences with it. Easy to setup and control (only remember first to install the required packages, and I think rsync-devel was not mentioned but is required). Rdiff-backup keeps up an exact copy of the source director(ies), plus it maintains a separate directory for deleted/changed items. With an appropriate command you can restore the source directory as it was at a given point of time. Very neat, and space-saving. http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/ - Jussi -- Jussi Hirvi * Green Spot Topeliuksenkatu 15 C * 00250 Helsinki * Finland Tel. +358 9 493 981 * Mobile +358 40 771 2098 (only sms) jussi.hi...@greenspot.fi * http://www.greenspot.fi "Remember that if you can't understand an answer, it's okay, we'll just keep going forward as if you do." -- Peter Gulutzan, "MySQL 5.0 Stored Procedures" _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
