Re: [BackupPC-users] Best way to backup Windows clients?

2010-05-06 Thread Josh Malone
On Thu, 6 May 2010 08:51:12 -0700, Kris Lou wrote: > Hey people, > I'm wondering what the preferred method is to backing up Windows clients, > especially in terms of performance.  Currently, I'm simply mounting > windows drives via SMB/autofs, and running rsync over that.  I like it > because I do

Re: [BackupPC-users] Best way to backup Windows clients?

2010-05-06 Thread John BORIS
Kris, In my setup I would have loved to just use the mounts but security issues here put a stop to that so I had to go to rsync. That has worked on my Windows XP and Server 2003 machines but I am having issues with my Server 2008 machines but that may be another firewall and security issue. I am by

[BackupPC-users] Best way to backup Windows clients?

2010-05-06 Thread Kris Lou
Hey people, I'm wondering what the preferred method is to backing up Windows clients, especially in terms of performance. Currently, I'm simply mounting windows drives via SMB/autofs, and running rsync over that. I like it because I don't have to install any additional software on the clients.