[NCLUG] In search of a new backup solution

Chris Ernst penguin-guy at comcast.net
Tue Jan 18 05:46:26 MST 2011


+1

BackupPC would be perfect.  Although I highly recommend using rsync on
Windows machines too.  You'll have to install Cygwin rsyncd on the
Windows boxes, but it is far more efficient than using the smb method.

	- Chris

On 01/16/2011 09:58 AM, Mike Loseke wrote:
> Backuppc would definitely work for the described requirements here. It is
> not the most intuitive terminology inside the configuration but you can do
> everything from the web interface including assigning machine-specific email
> recipients. It can also do Macs and windows clients. Rsync and tar are
> available options with smb tools for windows.
>  On Jan 16, 2011 12:20 AM, "Paul Hummer" <paul at eventuallyanyway.com> wrote:
>> Hi NCLUGgers,
>>
>> I recently retired my big raid 5 backup server and have migrated to a
> drobo. I currently have less capacity in the drobo, but that doesn't matter
> because (a) I wasn't using all the capacity anyway, (b) the drobo has much
> less power requirements as well as maintenance requirements, and, most
> importantly, (c) the simplicity means that I don't have to maintain it as
> much, which in turn means I get backups even when I'm feeling lazy and don't
> want to play sysadmin (a game I'm not always the best at).
>>
>> On my old server and backup strategy, I was using rsync on cron. I like
> rsync, but running it on cron meant that if my system was suspended or not
> powered up for any reason, I didn't get backups. This usually occurred when
> I was traveling with my laptop, when I probably should have been the most
> careful of backing up.
>>
>> I wonder if there's a backup strategy that is simple (jafo, I wouldn't
> consider your setup simple :) that might have some more archival features
> like rdiff-backup, but not require too much human interaction, and still be
> easy to restore (I'm not sure I've ever restored from rdiff backup, but I
> remember it seeming complicated). Most of the systems here are Debian or
> Ubuntu. Bonus points if it can also be used on Windows and/or Mac OS, and
> even more bonus points if my wife can easily monitor her own backups, or at
> least be notified when something breaks so she can scream at me to come and
> fix it.
>>
>> Cheers, Paul
>>
>> P.S. The sooner I can get something place, the better. I'm not currently
> at risk of totally losing data, but the current transition means that if
> certain hardware fails right now, getting the backups restored would be
> EXTREMELY inconvenient.
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