On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 03:00:39PM -0600, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > I'm flagging this slightly off topic just because it has Windows XP in the > subject > line and I want help - not a bonfire. > > My problem: > I have a Windows XP (sp2) box chock full of about 60GB of files I want to > backup. I > want to store several days worth of backups on to a 200GB hard drive in a > Linux box > (Debian) located in another city. My data doesn't change all that often - > maybe > 10-50MB/day. I want the backups to be 100% automatic requiring no human > interaction > unless something breaks. The ideal would be to keep two weeks worth of > backups. I > want to do this securely so it can happen over a public network (the > Internet).
Take a look at Amanda. It takes some twiddling to get working, but once it does it is automatic and runs from the server's cron, so the Windows box need only be accessible to the server. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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