On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 08:22:51PM +0000, Edward Kerr wrote: > Hello all > > I am running Ubuntu 6.1 and want to be able to replicate my "Home" > directory onto a NAS as a way of backing up.
A single snapshot is not a backup since it will replicate corrupted data, file deletions etc etc. > This can either be a BU program or a SIMPLE (!) script > > The aim would be to run the prog/script and end up with a direct replica > on the NAS of my Home directory - preferably in both directions, but if > not then from Ubuntu -> NAS would be fine I would recommend the use of rsnapshot, rdiff-backup or backuppc for multiple staged incremental backups. I currently use rsnapshot for backing up 16 remote servers over my 2Mbit DSL. > Should I actually be backing up more than my data anyway? If so what? Whatever you need to recover from "bare metal." Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB
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