I use a Perl application called "BackupPC". It uses rsync/tar/CIFS, but has a few features that make it stand out for me. - If multiple clients have the same file only one copy is pulled into the backup. It doesn't seem like a big deal until users start sharing videos of cats. - It has a nice web UI so that customers don't have to call me -- they can browse snapshots and restore files themselves. To accomplish this, it relies on Apache for auth. Not a bad setup with mod_ldap. - File retention is flexible -- you can set whatever scheme you want for full and incremental backups. - It plays nice with Windows/Mac OS since a CIFS share is all the client needs. - It can email status updates and backup errors.
On the negative side, there are a ton of reasons that cause CIFS to fail. For me, RAID 1 (+0 for most people) with Btrfs subvolume snapshots provides adequate safety on the server. Anand. On Apr 25, 2014 9:24 PM, "Shawn Grover" <[email protected]> wrote: > I use rsync in via a bash script. But a little more. > > My script creates an rsync working directory from the remote target. Then > the working directory is compressed into a tar.gz directory given the day > name of the backup, giving me a weekly backup. Then once a week the Friday > backup is moved into a "week of the month" named file, giving me a monthly > backup. > > So, if needed I can recover to some point in the past month, and to a > specific point in the past week. And no backup is complete until you've > proven that you CAN recover - I've had that need once or twice over the > past year. > > That is sufficient for my recovery needs.... This is all in addition to > the natural backups I get by utilizing Git and BitBucket for my dev > projects. > > Shawn > > On 14-04-25 02:21 PM, Joe S wrote: > >> I'm using this on a home computer. I have used rsync in the >> past. I was looking into what else was out there or if there was >> something better. I've heard of snap-shots, but don't really >> know what that is about or if that is a good idea. I want to >> backup my /home and config files in / that I would need if I had >> to reinstall. Do these programs keep track of all the meta data >> like ctimes etc? >> >> Thanks >> >> On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:38:32 -0600 >> caziz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> For my needs, rsync commands in a script is fine. >>> >>> For both backup and limited archive. rsnapshot too old >>> school? (Please God let that file I just found out I >>> accidentally munched last month be copied somewhere) >>> >>> >>> >>> On 14-04-24 12:02 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote: >>> >>>> I have used rdiff-backup in a cronjob for years. It keeps >>>> date based archives and is space efficient (uses the rsync >>>> algorithm). >>>> >>>> For Windows machines I usually use the built in backup >>>> utility on recent versions to save to a samba share on a >>>> Linux box that I then archive again via rdiff-backup. >>>> >>>> What the data size is, what the OS is, and the budget, would >>>> help us to give more specific answers. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Richard Carter >>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I've had good success with Back In Time. >>>> >>>> Robin >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Mel Walters >>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sun, 2014-04-20 at 19:35 -0600, Joe S wrote: >>>> > I am looking for advice on what is a good >>>> > method/program to backup. I am using this for a >>>> > home computer. Will backup to a separate hard >>>> > drive and some info on a DVD. I have used rsync, >>>> > but am wondering if there are other methods that >>>> > would do this as well or better. >>>> > >>>> > Thanks >>>> > >>>> I can give a somewhat general answer for an average >>>> user. >>>> >>>> I have been looking at the GUI lucky-backup that >>>> uses rsync. >>>> >>>> Seems to work well as a simple solution if you are >>>> backing up some sub directories off of your /home/yourname >>>> directory. Pay attention to the "Type" category. You might >>>> want to try a test directory to see what happens. >>>> >>>> If you do your home directory you could potentially >>>> end up with too much dot file and dot directories data that >>>> could add up big time on a modern Linux workstation >>>> depending on what is installed. But there is a way to select >>>> exclusions with the advanced mode. 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