On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: > My new machine is working very well -- thanks again for the advice -- , > tho' the sighing noise from the CPU fan is a bit trying (smile), > & I'm considering setting up an incremental back-up system > so that if the SSD collapses, > I can restore everything from files stored on the HDD without re-installing. > > I already have an adequate set-up of back-ups, incl off-site copies, > which ensures my personal files + configs cb restored, > but it involves some human intervention from me at various times > & I would have to re-install all the system + Portage stuff. > > What do people who do incremental back-ups use ?
I'm using rdiff-backup to do incremental backups of my local machine to an external HDD, as well as using it to make backups of a remote server over SSH onto my local machine.
