For my needs, rsync commands in a script is fine. For both backup and limited archive. rsnapshot too old school? (Please God let that file I just found out I accidentally munched last month be copied somewhere)
On 14-04-24 12:02 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote: > 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 > <mailto: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 > <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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