Re: Backup application recommendations
The initial learning curve of bacula is a few step. If you only make backup of 1-3 servers, dump scripts is ok. With many servers, the reporting capabilities, easy use for restores, monitoring backups, configurations of a software of this type (Bacula/EMC Networker/NetBackup/Dataprotector) is a must to have. Bacula has a lot of options, many of them you will never use them, and at the beginning is confusing. On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Sad Clouds wrote: > On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 01:19:31 +0200 > Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia wrote: > >> I would look for Bacula or Bareos >> >> I think that it has most of the features that you request. (I haven't >> used it on NetBSD/FreeBSD, just on Linux long time ago, but I am sure >> that it must be supported for backup to disk, and to tape at least on >> FreeBSD). > > OK, looks like Bareos is a fork of Bacula. I've been looking at Bacula > for a few days now, but it seems to be quite complicated to setup and a > lot of moving parts. I might just write my own backup scripts, that run > from cron and periodically back up data to NFS share and also regularly > verify previous backup for bit rot.
Re: Backup application recommendations
On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 01:19:31 +0200 Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia wrote: > I would look for Bacula or Bareos > > I think that it has most of the features that you request. (I haven't > used it on NetBSD/FreeBSD, just on Linux long time ago, but I am sure > that it must be supported for backup to disk, and to tape at least on > FreeBSD). OK, looks like Bareos is a fork of Bacula. I've been looking at Bacula for a few days now, but it seems to be quite complicated to setup and a lot of moving parts. I might just write my own backup scripts, that run from cron and periodically back up data to NFS share and also regularly verify previous backup for bit rot.
Re: Backup application recommendations
I would look for Bacula or Bareos I think that it has most of the features that you request. (I haven't used it on NetBSD/FreeBSD, just on Linux long time ago, but I am sure that it must be supported for backup to disk, and to tape at least on FreeBSD).
Re: Backup application recommendations
I don't think it is. Deduplication is pretty fundamental to how Borgbackup works. For instance, all backups are full ones, and they become incremental by virtue of duplicated data being stored only once, across backups. Sad Clouds schrieb am So. 1. Apr. 2018 um 15:36: > On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:13:06 + > Benny Siegert wrote: > > > I like Borgbackup. It has remote repositories, encryption, > > deduplication (solving the issue with interrupted backups), > > checksumming but no GUI, I think. > > Thanks for the info. Do you know if it is possible to disable > deduplication? I don't think I would trust this feature. >
Re: Backup application recommendations
On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:13:06 + Benny Siegert wrote: > I like Borgbackup. It has remote repositories, encryption, > deduplication (solving the issue with interrupted backups), > checksumming but no GUI, I think. Thanks for the info. Do you know if it is possible to disable deduplication? I don't think I would trust this feature.
Re: Backup application recommendations
I like Borgbackup. It has remote repositories, encryption, deduplication (solving the issue with interrupted backups), checksumming but no GUI, I think. -- Benny Sad Clouds schrieb am So. 1. Apr. 2018 um 11:51: > Hello, could anyone recommend a backup application for a few desktop PCs > at home running Linux and NetBSD. Something simple and easy to use: > > - NetBSD or FreeBSD will be a central backup server. > > - Need fully automated, setup-and-forget application, which can do full > and incremental backups to a remote server, with various retention > policies, etc. > > - Need to be able to cope with unexpected reboots (i.e. user shutting > down a PC) and later continue backup where it was interrupted, instead > of starting from the beginning. > > - Would be nice to have periodic checksumming of backup data, in case > of bit rot. Alternatively I could use FreeBSD + ZFS. > > - Would be nice to have GUI and encryption, but not critical. > > - Would be nice to have easy, point-and-click restore functionality, > but not critical. > > - Doesn't need to be free, i.e. I'm willing to pay for software, as > long as it is not too expensive for what it is. > > Thanks. > >
