I have used rdiff-backup in a cronjob for years. It keeps date based archives and is space efficient (uses the rsync algorithm).
For Windows machines I usually use the built in backup utility on recent versions to save to a samba share on a Linux box that I then archive again via rdiff-backup. What the data size is, what the OS is, and the budget, would help us to give more specific answers. On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Richard Carter <carter.r....@gmail.com>wrote: > I've had good success with Back In Time. > > Robin > > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Mel Walters <melwalt...@telus.net> wrote: > >> On Sun, 2014-04-20 at 19:35 -0600, Joe S wrote: >> > I am looking for advice on what is a good method/program to >> > backup. I am using this for a home computer. Will backup to a >> > separate hard drive and some info on a DVD. I have used rsync, >> > but am wondering if there are other methods that would do this >> > as well or better. >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> I can give a somewhat general answer for an average user. >> >> I have been looking at the GUI lucky-backup that uses rsync. >> >> Seems to work well as a simple solution if you are backing up some sub >> directories off of your /home/yourname directory. Pay attention to the >> "Type" category. You might want to try a test directory to see what >> happens. >> >> If you do your home directory you could potentially end up with too much >> dot file and dot directories data that could add up big time on a modern >> Linux workstation depending on what is installed. But there is a way to >> select exclusions with the advanced mode. Do you like that solution? >> >> People usually also want 1/ email address 2/ book backup and browser >> >> Mel >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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