Mary Gardiner wrote:
2. Install the program called rdiff-backup.
All excellent suggestions Mary. Sorry I missed the talk. As an additions
to rdiff-backup, people might benefit from using backupninja. Its a
front end to rdiff-backup and other backup tools (like mysqldump). That
makes it easier to configure.
http://riseuplabs.org/backupninja/
Also make sure to check out the rdiff-backup wiki. there is a ton of
scripts and hints and tips on there to make using rdiff-backup easier.
The rdiff-backup list has been working hard to make rdiff-backup work on
windows natively now too.
We have used winsshd to pull backups off windows boxes with rdiff-backup
successfully.
http://www.bitvise.com/winsshd (not Free)
CAUTION 2: The remote backup space is more than a little crowded right
now. Keep an eye on your provider, some are undoubtedly headed for
failure.
These guys have been active on the rdiff-backup mailing lists in the past
http://rsync.net/
and support rdiff-backup as a backup target. I don't actually use them,
but they seem to have their stuff together when it comes to offsite backups.
Again, I second all the recommendations in this talk - it matches my
commercial and personal experience very closely :)
thanks
Dave
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