[ALUG] Re: Simple backup solutions

[Eur Ing Chris Green]

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 02:19:00PM +0000, Mark Ridley wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2007, Eur Ing Chris Green wrote:
> >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.
> 
> I looked at various things in the past but decided to write a shell 
> script. I backup a list of directories (using tar), gzip it, GPG encrypt, 
> split into 50Mb chunks and upload it to the web space that I get with my 
> ISP.
> 
> I run it twice, one every day for mail etc., the other every week for a 
> full backup, including a full MySQL dump.
> 
That could well be what I end up doing, except I can do it using rsync
as I have shell access to my ISP.

-- 
Chris Green