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

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