On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Peter Dobratz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I want to setup a linux server at home to do backups from various > computers around the house. > > Amanda looks promising ( http://amanda.zmanda.com/ ) > If you might be contemplating letting the workstations manage their backups in a push method, you may also want to take a look at "Time Warp" or "Fly-Back" for linux. Not sure about a windows method here, however, some crafty scripting with rsync or rsnapshot can give you full backups to remote devices and save a lot on space. Think Apple's Time-Warp while using hard links to represent files that haven't changed. My backups are tiny now without playing the incremental game.
> For the backup server, I want to setup a separate box, probably > running Debian. As the primary purpose of this computer is just to > store the backups, my primary feature consideration is power > requirements. Is there anything out there that can run Linux, have a > few 250 GB or greater hard drives, and run on around 50 Watts or less? > It can be a headless box that I ssh into. > I've recently fallen in love with the Buffalo line of products for networked storage. Healthy drive size to start with, and a couple of USB 2.0 ports to add more when/if necessary. The tinkerer in me doesn't like that it's all prebuilt and shiny, but for plug-in-and-go it's a good measuring-stick. -- ~ * _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
