rdiff-backup is it best openSource continous backup solution?

2013-02-20 Thread Rajeev Prasad
Gurus, need words of wisdom adn experiecne on backup solution for my ub server 1204 LTS a quick seacrh produced many results and this continous backup solution(rdiff-backup). is rdiff-backup currently managed? need something which: 1. actively managed/devloped. (dont want to commit to dead

Re: rdiff-backup is it best openSource continous backup solution?

2013-02-20 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
I saw your post to the BackupPC user list. I prefer BackupPC, but it's not ideal for bare-metal restore. It's ideal for whoops, undelete, and as poor-man's version control. It can be used for bare-metal restore as well, but I recommend installing a base OS from the install media, then restoring

Re: rdiff-backup is it best openSource continous backup solution?

2013-02-20 Thread Rajeev Prasad
To: Rajeev Prasad rp.ne...@yahoo.com Cc: ubuntuserver ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com; Ubuntu technical support not for general discussions ubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 5:00 PM Subject: Re: rdiff-backup is it best openSource continous backup solution? I saw your

Re: rdiff-backup is it best openSource continous backup solution?

2013-02-20 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 2013-02-20 23:30, Rajeev Prasad wrote: I realized that a complete snapshot of the system (my requirement #6), which can be restored in one go (all OS/Apps/data etc.) is best done using software like clonezilla (I am looking at clonezilla right now). For all OS/Apps/Data, you need only a