Alex Dean wrote: > I need backup software for a home network. Mix of Linux and OSX > machines. Will be using an external HDD for backup media. The backup > server will run on one of the OSX machines, since it's the only > non-laptop I have. I'm mainly looking for something that's easy to > configure and has minimal resource consumption.
Have you looked at rdiff-backup (http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/)? Personally, I like it because a) it uses the rsync algorithm, b) you can restore files by copying them directly (compared to *having* to use the backup utility to restore files) and c) you can run the backup as root on the source server, but as a plain user on the backup server (little more secure imo). There are several web utilities to help out too. Google around, but a couple are listed at http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/rdiffbackupgui.htm Just my 2c. -Mike --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
