If you’re running ZFS, it’d be pretty easy to setup something for zfs snapshots (if there isn’t something already packaged). Low overhead, and fast unless you’re making multi-gig changes every 30m or less.
> On Sep 9, 2019, at 4:48 PM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think the last piece to be installed and running on my new desktop > server/workstation is backup software. I've used dirvish for at least 9 years > (the date on /usr/sbin/dirvish is Nov 9, 2010) and it's worked just fine > while I've never needed a bare metal restoration. It runs every day at 00:30 > via a cron job. > > A web search finds many "best backup software for linux" pages and the lists > I've scanned all mention rsync and bacula while the tend to differ in the > rest of their choices (no dirvish I noticed). I'm considering changing from > dirvish to something else since this is a new desktop and empty external 2T > Hitachi hard drive. I've no objections to command line tools; I use many > every day. Whatever will be used must run in the background from root's > crontab. > > Many of you are professional system and network admins and are much more > current and knowledgeable than I in the world of backup hardware so I ask > you to share your expertise and opinions with me. > > Regards, > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- Louis Kowolowski [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Cryptomonkeys: http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/ <http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/> Making life more interesting for people since 1977 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
