BackupPC looks really good, but could use some enhancements for more flexibility. Here are some ideas.
It would be nice to have an e-mail alias map for user names, instead of just "$user$domain". I put together a simple sendmail proxy to convert email addresses, but it would be much better if the web interface allowed a user to define an address, as well as to disable it temporarily. It would also be nice to allow better customization of specific shares. Right now, there is a special case for Outlook files. Is this because they have to be backed up differently, or just because they are [possibly] a higher priority? Why not make "special" backup groups more general? One thing I liked about BoxBackup is that it stored files encrypted, which means that users don't have to trust the backup admin, and it means that you never have to worry about properly erasing a failing disk. However, that makes it impossible to pool common files. It would be nice to have a scheme where you can define a given share that uses encryption, without the performance/storage disadvantages of using it for the whole system. Of course, some admins may want to be able to see everything. Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
