You might take a look at BackupPC http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ which is an open source backup server. It can use Samba or tar/rsync over rsh/ssh to backup basically any system out there. It's a pretty slick setup. The server is designed to run on a UNIX system however. I'm using this system at work and all of our laptops get automatically backed up any time they show up on they LAN.
I wanted to be able to back up Windows laptops to a Linux server, but had no luck with BackupPC because of the rsync hang problems under Windows, and using the SMB method doesn't backup the ACLs, just the file data. I have been using bacula ( http://www.bacula.org/ ) and have been very happy with its flexibility. It supports backup to tape or disk, many platforms, and works more like most enterprise backup software. On the down side, they don't have a GUI yet, but the interactive TUI is pretty good.
I guess the fact that it doesn't use rsync in any way could be considered a downside too. ;)
Greg
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