-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Steven,
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 at 10:26am, Steven Taylor wrote: > I have just started looking for back-up software for a specific > application. I have an Athlon 64 X2 3800, 1G ram, Windows 2000 computer > where I process my music files and them copy them over the network to an > small Celeron 433, 512M ram, Xubuntu system to act as a music server > running SlimDevices SlimServer to play through a SqueezeBox connected to > my stereo system. As I am getting more files, it is getting harder to know > what needs to be copied from one to the other. Bacula looks interesting > but before I get into downloading, installing and learning about it, I'd > like an opinion as to whether this is the best approach. Is there some > simpler software that would be recommended for my application? At this > point I have about 35G of files arranged in an Artist/Album/Song directory > structure and I would like the back-up program to scan both the source and > the destination an automatically copy any new or changed files as I add > more music. I am looking for something to run on the Linux side. This > seems simple and I wonder if Bacula is way overkill for what I am doing. > Any suggestions? I would suggest looking at unison first: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ Unison is good for two way file synchronization, which is what is sounds like you are trying to accomplish. Unison will likely be simpler to setup than bacula. chris - -- Chris Shelton - - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGeBLrM5TknMKatUwRAvfmAJ0fulC2Uu7+4pQ/NladdZeLjvAbngCePovX rmtOzCxEzkHbvYXOJCR6oj0= =PkbE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
