On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Joel Hammer wrote: > In the step by step I thought I saw a a highly laudatory discussion of rsync as a >great backup > choice. Of course, now I can't find it. How much are you backing up? How > often do you do it, etc.
I'd probably not recommend rsync as a permanent backup solution. Doug Hunley started this thread, which for some reason I refuse to let die. So here's another item that came to mind. www.backupcentral.com has a section called "free tools" which, upon cursory inspection" seem to quite nice and robust for their cost. Also I've heard anecdotally of people using Amanda with a fair amount of success and again it is priced as most other open source software solutions are. IIRC, amanda does maintain a database of what/where/why/when it backed up, which seems to be one of the most critical components in a backup solution. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
