Am 12. Jul, 2008 schwätzte Alex Dean so:
I need backup software for a home network. Mix of Linux and OSX machines.
Will be using an external HDD for backup media. The backup server will run
on one of the OSX machines, since it's the only non-laptop I have. I'm
mainly looking for something that's easy to configure and has minimal
resource consumption.
I don't know if BackupPC works on OS!X. Maybe you can run it on GNU/Linux
in VirtualBox or something :).
I've read a bit about BackupPC and Bacula. So far, BackupPC seems preferable
because it looks much simpler. (No client software to install. Cool!) I'm
interested in any opinions about these 2 packages, or recommendations on
other programs I ought to have a look at.
I'm using BackupPC. It works well. It was a bit of a pain to setup, but
some of that was definitely self-induced. I'm using it to backup on local
networks as well as across the Net. I'm also not allowing it to connect as
root. That's the self-induced pain. Then again, it shouldn't require
connecting as root!
BackupPC will keep only one copy of a distinct file, even across multiple
machines[0]. That can save a lot of space when backing up multiple
machines.
It does a pretty good job of keeping various daily, weekly, etc snapshots.
I haven't tested what happens if you change the timestamp without changing
the file.
[0] That might be a policy violation in some environments.
ciao,
der.hans
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