Hi On 26/07/09 12:27, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Peter, > >> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=895 > > It's odd they mention rsync but not one of the programs that kind of sit > above it, e.g. http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/features.html >
I've been using rdiff-backup for a good few years now, running from a cron job overnight to back up to two backup machines (one off-site). The "last backed-up" files/directory structure exactly replicate the originals, and can be retrieved via Samba read-only shares. Anything further back needs the rdiff-backup command line. I used Mondo for a spell a few years back - good for "bare metal" backups, but it needed a fair bit of work to get it all running, even more to fully check out that it was doing it's job. In the end I opted for g4u (NetBSD-based ghost program) over ftp. I've also used afio for a number of years (to tape). It's advantage over tar is that compression takes place on a per-file basis, so less likely to end up with a totally useless backup in the event of local corruption. It needs a script to drive it. In the end I decided that two rdiff-backup's a night was enough without having to deal with tapes every day as well. Overlooking its unfortunate name, Bacula is probably well worth a look as it's a Kern Sibbald effort and it also supports bare metal backups. Cheers Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-08-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
