* On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 12:11:51PM +1100, Trent Murray wrote: > Can anyone recommend a backup solution that can be run centrally from a > linux box and can also backup windows boxes on a LAN > > Apart from performing basic incremental data backups it will also need to be > able to perform disk imaging over the wire (e.g disk images of windows boxes > to be stored on the linux server to prevent me from having to reinstall XP > and every other application known to man when disks fail) > > Compression is also a must have.
Bacula offers all these features. But requires a bit of RTFM'ing to get working, and sometimes can make you pull your hair out with unfathomable problems. I used to backup about 8 mixed machines at once, including some virtual servers hosted overseas. -- Sonia Hamilton. GPG key A8B77238. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
