On 1/9/06, Mike Bougie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there a gnome tool for backing up /home?
I use Bacula [ http://bacula.org/ ] for backing up most of my stuff at work. Actually, I have it set up to back up 7 Windows boxes and 2 Linux boxes every night at 1AM. It's quite the handy utility, as it allows you to backup from specific dates/times in the past. The only downside is that it's somewhat complex to set up since you should ideally have a computer dedicated to it as well as use a tape drive. The way Bacula is set up is quite interesting, as it is split up into three parts: the file daemon (user,) the director (tells the files where to back up to,) and the storage daemon (receives the backups and stores them on HD, tape, etc.) I think the best part about Bacula is that it only backs up files that need to be backed up (ones that have changed and are in a directory you want backed up.) Unfortunately, this comes at a cost of being more difficult to set up (at least, when you're doing it the first time.) -Mark _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
