[mdlug] Periodic backup software (dis)recommendations

[David Relson]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:05:25 -0400
Jeff Hanson wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Dr. Robert Meier
> <list1c30fe42 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Data Specialists,
> >
> > I'm configuring a new computer, and now is the time to consider
> > backup strategy.
> >
> > What tools and/or features do you (dis)recommend?
> >
> >
> >
> > In the past, I used cprcdr because of the following features.
> >   o scriptable map of live namespace to cd
> >   o ls -R index of each cd retained and searchable in live space
> 
> I'm using BackupPC on a server but it's not the easiest thing to set
> up.  My workstation has a bunch of NFS shares to it so they are backed
> up there instead of a remote backup from my workstation.  I'm using a
> RAID1 mirror and add a third drive occasionally.  After it syncs I
> take it off-site.

I, too, use BackupPC.  I much like the way it automatically tracks full
and incremental backups and the way it pools the backup files.  With
its pooling, only a single copy of a file is kept so that multiple
backups of a file are linked to the single copy.  This saves a huge
amount of space.