When I used BackupPC in the past, the things I liked was for Windows machines that are similar, like lots of desktops, it does a good job with compression, and keeps only only one copy of any file even if it is on multiple clients. An internal database manages who gets a copy. Its duplicate detection utility is pretty robust (and runs pretty hard. At least back when it used lots of memory to run fast.) I have not found any other backup product that does the level of aggressive duplicate file detection.
One complaint I remember from Matt was the time the compression takes. It compresses on the client before sending it to the backup server. I would hope that BackupPC would make a faster (compiled?) compression client, but it sounds like they haven't. It was 5+ years ago I used BackupPC or other software for backups as a job. Personally, I use Crashplan (free, but not open source, you don't have to use their cloud service, instead or in addition you can backup to other Crashplan client computers, either yours or a trusted friends). On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) < lop...@nedharvey.com> wrote: > > From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] > > On Behalf Of Matt Lawrence > > > > I'm currently running BackupPC as a backup solution for my home > network. [...] > > Any suggestion for a replacement with similar functionality? > > Being unfamiliar with backuppc, can you describe the functionality you > wish to have? > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- ><> ... Jack The Four Boxes of Liberty - "There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that order." "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral Grace Hopper, USN "The most dangerous phrase in the language is "We’ve always done it this way"-- Admiral Grace Hopper, USN "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Ben Franklin
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