John Mort wrote: > It looks like finances are finally starting to move toward my being able to > create a backup server for my home computers over the next few paychecks, > and I'm looking for input on how you guys do your backups, and any critiques > on what I intend to do. > > I have four computers on my LAN, two Ubuntu laptops, an XP desktop, and an > XP/Ubuntu dualboot desktop. > I'm thinking of having the backup server boot itself up once a day via BIOS, > ping each of these computers, then attempt a backup of any computers that > are on, then power itself off. > > With the laptops and the dualboot desktop, I figure rsync would work (since > that XP instance is only for gaming, I don't really care about backing it > up). But what would be the best way to back up my wifes XP computer?
I would firmly recommend backuppc. It does all the aging and rolloff of
backups, space saving with hard linking, and works over rsync, tar, or
smb. Plus, on ubuntu, it's a quick package install.
-Sean
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There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors
than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down.
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