I have to admit, I just use rsync.
I've got two directories that I rsync to another drive on the server daily, one of which gets archived once a week.
Soon I'm going to set it up to rsync to another server (preferably off-site) so I'm better covered.
Also, I'm in the process of trying to get Rsync over SSH working on windows, so I can remotely backup my parent's PC. It's not working yet, has anyone done this before?
Matt
-----Original Message----- From: main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Eur Ing Chris Green Sent: 23 February 2007 14:09 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] Simple backup solutions
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.