Re: Backups

2011-04-21 Thread Chuck Short
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:47:53 +0200 Nicolas Barcet wrote: > On 04/19/2011 04:33 PM, Michael Terry wrote: > > Hello! I'm doing a bit of research for my proposal for Ubuntu > > Desktop to install the GNOME-based Déjà Dup backup tool by > > default. (btw, please cc: me) > > > > I get the sense tha

Re: Backups

2011-04-21 Thread Nicolas Barcet
On 04/19/2011 04:33 PM, Michael Terry wrote: > Hello! I'm doing a bit of research for my proposal for Ubuntu Desktop > to install the GNOME-based Déjà Dup backup tool by default. (btw, > please cc: me) > > I get the sense that command line backup methods are thick on the > ground. Is there a ba

Re: Backups

2011-04-20 Thread Mark Foster
On 04/20/2011 07:42 AM, Soren Hansen wrote: > 2011/4/20 Mark Foster : >> Since nobody has mentioned it I'll give a plug for Rsnapshot. It works >> well for us backing up hundreds of Linux systems. It supports hardlinks >> and even relies on them you might say... > > It relies on hard links to mini

Re: Backups

2011-04-20 Thread Soren Hansen
2011/4/20 Mark Foster : > Since nobody has mentioned it I'll give a plug for Rsnapshot. It works > well for us backing up hundreds of Linux systems. It supports hardlinks > and even relies on them you might say... It relies on hard links to minimise its own storage requirements. However, hard link

Re: Backups

2011-04-20 Thread Mark Foster
reds of Linux systems. It supports hardlinks and even relies on them you might say... "Using rsync and hard links, it is possible to keep multiple, full backups instantly available. The disk space required is just a little more than the space of one full backup, plus incrementals.&

Re: Backups

2011-04-20 Thread Soren Hansen
la (and haven't completely phased it out anywhere, but that's only due to lack of time, not missing functionality or anything like that). I'd throw my backups on a server with lots of space and then I'd run a script that would copy full volumes to Amazon S3. Eventually, I got severe

Re: Backups

2011-04-20 Thread Alon Swartz
on the > ground. Is there a backup tool that the Ubuntu Server project > recommends? For server backups I'd recommend TurnKey Backup and Migration [1], a pain-free, smart backup and migration system that just works. No configuration required. > Is the program duplicity [1] (

Re: Backups

2011-04-19 Thread Fabio T. Leitao
For my desktop I usually use BackInTime, which has a really good GUI for rsync and hardlinks (to prevent disk waste) in a similar way that Apple does with TimeMachine ... I have set it to save to an external HDD with the autoremove feature keeping a smart schedule to drop the older files. Really ea

Re: Backups

2011-04-19 Thread Laurent Dinclaux
2011/4/20 James Gray > I've always been a big "Bacula" fan. There's a *really* good Webmin module > for it and if you absolutely must have a dedicated GUI try "bat" (Qt-based > Bacula front end). I've been using Bacula for quite a few years in both > professional and personal duties using vario

Re: Backups

2011-04-19 Thread James Gray
On 20/04/2011, at 12:33 AM, Michael Terry wrote: > Hello! I'm doing a bit of research for my proposal for Ubuntu Desktop > to install the GNOME-based Déjà Dup backup tool by default. (btw, > please cc: me) > > I get the sense that command line backup methods are thick on the > ground. Is there

Backups

2011-04-19 Thread Michael Terry
Hello! I'm doing a bit of research for my proposal for Ubuntu Desktop to install the GNOME-based Déjà Dup backup tool by default. (btw, please cc: me) I get the sense that command line backup methods are thick on the ground. Is there a backup tool that the Ubuntu Server project recommends? Is