Re: [BackupPC-users] starting BackupPC evaluation

2014-03-13 Thread Silver Salonen
Hi. I'm grateful for the input already, thanks! Any opinions on these points too? :) - If we will start testing BackupPC, shall we start with 4.0 (even though it's alpha), so that we wouldn't have any migration pains afterwards? - Does 4.0 have client-side deduplication? From documentation it

Re: [BackupPC-users] starting BackupPC evaluation

2014-03-12 Thread backuppc
Silver Salonen wrote at about 12:18:47 +0200 on Tuesday, March 11, 2014: >-- Is there still no BackupPC client for Windows? There is no BackupPC client for Linux, Macs, Androids, Crays, Apple IIs, TRS-80s or any other computer past or present -- that is because BackupPC doesn't use any clients

Re: [BackupPC-users] starting BackupPC evaluation

2014-03-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Silver Salonen wrote: > >>> Using VPN would be a must anyway and my first thought on that was that >>> if nmblookup would work over VPN, it would be enough. Needs more >>> research and testing though :) >> 1. Don't trust BackupPC to work with nmblookup. While theor

Re: [BackupPC-users] starting BackupPC evaluation

2014-03-11 Thread Silver Salonen
On 03/11/2014 03:37 PM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > On 03/11 03:04 , Silver Salonen wrote: >> Using VPN would be a must anyway and my first thought on that was that >> if nmblookup would work over VPN, it would be enough. Needs more >> research and testing though :) > 1. Don't trust BackupPC t

Re: [BackupPC-users] starting BackupPC evaluation

2014-03-11 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 03/11 03:04 , Silver Salonen wrote: > Using VPN would be a must anyway and my first thought on that was that > if nmblookup would work over VPN, it would be enough. Needs more > research and testing though :) 1. Don't trust BackupPC to work with nmblookup. While theoretically it works, It's a

Re: [BackupPC-users] starting BackupPC evaluation

2014-03-11 Thread Silver Salonen
On 03/11/2014 02:29 PM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > On 03/11 12:18 , Silver Salonen wrote: >> We are already using Bacula for our servers backups and with that I >> have extensive experience, but unfortunately the laptop/roadwarrior >> support in there is quite limited. > Keep in mind that Bac

Re: [BackupPC-users] starting BackupPC evaluation

2014-03-11 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 03/11 12:18 , Silver Salonen wrote: > We are already using Bacula for our servers backups and with that I > have extensive experience, but unfortunately the laptop/roadwarrior > support in there is quite limited. Keep in mind that BackupPC operates on a 'pull' model, where the server initiates

[BackupPC-users] starting BackupPC evaluation

2014-03-11 Thread Silver Salonen
Hi. I am looking for workstation/laptop backup solution for our organization with many offices. My idea is that I'll set up separate box in every office and that box would backup workstations and laptops originating from that office. We are already using Bacula for our servers backups and wi