Yup. I like the archive feature too for off-site backups, but it would be nice if those could be automated.
Well, I guess you create your own way to do that.. --- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author: "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" Download your free copies: http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 8:18:24 AM, you wrote: > We're loving BackupPC as well. I built a system using BackupPC and a > server attached to a CoRAID EtherDrive filled with 15 750 gig SATA > drives. This gives us a capacity of around 9 terabytes (after spares > drives, etc) for backing up servers all across the country over VPN > connections. Once you have your base setup, it's easy to add more backup > clients to the system and see how they're all doing over the web interface > Dustin Puryear wrote: >> Hi, just wanted to make a quick note. For a long time we were using >> tar to tape for a lot of Linux and Unix backups at client sites. >> (That, or we used something like Lone-tar.) Recently, we've started >> using BackupPC for disk-based backups (BackupPC also created archives >> for off-site storage), and we love it. It works GREAT, has support for >> Windows, and has one of the most disk-efficient pooling schemes I've >> come across. >> >> --- >> Puryear Information Technology, LLC >> Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 >> http://www.puryear-it.com >> >> Author: >> "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" >> "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" >> >> Download your free copies: >> http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
