On 12/23/2016 10:14 AM, NFN Smith wrote: > Lee wrote: >> Any suggestions on what backup software to use? > > There's a bunch of approaches, and some depends on what you want to do. > >> >> I'm using unison to backup/sync multiple PCs. I just took a look at >> the latest version & the gui version looks to be a pain to setup, so >> it's probably not a good recommendation. I remember futzing with it >> for a while to get it "right". >> >> The other method is xcopy - also not a great solution since it's got a >> path [or name?] limit of something like 256 characters, so it _will_ >> miss stuff. I'm looking at robocopy as a replacement... >> > > If you want a sync-type backup, you also have to decide whether you're > copying files directly, or updating an archive (typically zip > formatted). The latter gives you compression. You also have to account > for how synchronization handles overwrites and deletions. If you don't > manage things correctly, then you do have a risk of accidental overwrite > or deletion, then running a backup, where those changes are replicated > to your backups, and the result being that the old files aren't recoverable. > > One other consideration with backup tools -- there's lots of ones with > free versions, but the free versions are often limited to "personal use > only". I've found that a number of tools enforce this by making it > impossible to back up to a network-attached drive. > > Personally, I use Duplicati on my primary working machine (that one > isn't sync, but does archives, and supports incremental backups). On my > Linux box, I use rsync, and on another Windows box I use cwRsync, which > uses the Cygwin version of rsync. For that, I'm able to use nearly > identical command-line syntax for both the Linux and Windows backups. > Also, with sync-type backups, I like to make periodic snapshots, copying > the entire sync archive into a .zip. > > If you want sync, some of the options in Windows include: > > - cwRsync, as noted above. It's predominantly command-line, but I think > there's a version (paid, I think) that supports GUI.
I use Grsync by Piero Orsoni - works well between Win/Win and Win/linux/Win: http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/ http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/screenshot.html > > - Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync) -- uses the technology of > BitTorrent, although you can use entirely without interacting with > BitTorrent. There's free and paid versions > > - SyncBack has free and paid versions. > > <snip> _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
