[ALUG] Simple backup solutions

[Eur Ing Chris Green]

What do others here use to backup data on their machines (if
anything!)?

I'm looking for something a bit more friendly (and clever) than just
tar or rsync but nowhere near as big and complex as backupbuddy or
backupPC.  So is there anything 'in between'?

I'd like a GUI that allows me to choose directories that I want
backed up and sets up a regular backup of those directories.  Ideally
it would allow me to have different 'levels' of backup so that, for
example, very important stuff like the company accounts database would
be copied offsite and frequently and less important stuff (like say
/home) would just be copied to a different hard drive, possible less
frequently.

I don't want total machine backup, if the machine or a disk expires
I'll reinstall, that's only time consuming.  All I want to backup is
actual data which would be near impossible to rebuild.

If there's nothing ready made I'll just write a script using rsync, it
wouldn't be too difficult.

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Chris Green