Data backup and archival

[E.J. Zufelt]

Good afternoon,

I was looking at Time Machine, but don't think that is what I want to use 
for backup.  I don't really need versioning, and don't like that Time 
Machine uses an os x formatted drive.

Any suggestions for data backup to an external drive with a common file 
system like FAT32, or just to a network drive?

I have used tar for years on Windows and Linux for this, is there a better 
alternate approach for OS X?

Thanks,
Everett