Set up another machine on your network and use cron to schedule rsync (you can do either push or pull). Then, make backups of the remote rsync directory to tape, an external drive, or a thumb drive.
Backula is a good utility too. -=Sean Edwards=- ----- Original Message ---- From: Kim Cascone <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:15:42 AM Subject: studio backups I've been researching that blind spot in the Linux community: a decent backup app and have read various people recommending tar, dd, dump, rsync, partimage, clonezilla, etc etc each person has their favorite way to do backups and each is woefully lame in offering a concise step by step HOWTO the road of FOSS is littered with half-baked apps that get crap support by their disinterested developers I've tried most of these apps but none of them seem to have the exact set of features I'm looking for ease of use, ability to cron, flawless backups, informative error reporting, etc. I am using an app that I like <somewhat> called QuickStart QS is basically a script that provides a front end for partimage and tar and while it backs up my two partitions ('/' + '/home') with tar my '/home' partition (/dev/sda5) gives an error message with QuickStart/partimage so I've been using QuickStart/tar for my 2 partitions with some success I say 'some success' because I have yet to test them by restoring them there is also Grsync, and Simple Backup which both have their plusses and minuses neither of which seemed ready for prime time I'm still waiting to test clonezilla which seems promising - and seems to be a favorite among the more demanding users anyway, I know that backing up is still a black art in Linux-land for some reason so I wanted to ask people here what they use for backing up their precious audio and session files... q: what is your favorite backup app and why? -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
