On 21/11/2007, Chris G cl@isbd.net wrote:
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 10:53:59PM +0000, Jenny Hopkins wrote:
On 20/11/2007, Chris G cl@isbd.net wrote:
So I suspect I need a backup solution which packs up the files to be backed up into some sort of archive file and then just copies that file across to the server. Does anyone here use a backup solution of this sort and/or know any good ones?
Have you looked at dirvish? If you back up in bundles you may find your disk filling up very quickly, but dirvish uses an incantation of rsync runes that 'simply work'.
... but one of my basic issues is that rsync doesn't work for anything except very 'ordinary' files when saving to my network server.
I've been using dirvish over a secure network for a few years now: I'm not sure what you class as a 'non'ordinary' file but it certainly handles symlinks perfectly happily.
Jen