Samba, rsync, home network w/ XP, backups?
I'm a relatively newbie to Linux administration and I need some
suggestions for data backup/disk mirroring.
I have a home network with a cable router and I'm using samba to share
data. Two machines are connected to the router; an XP Pro box and Debian
Woody (running samba).
The XP box has a single 80G disk (sorry I need to use XP for CAD
applications - ProEngineer and SolidWorks). I would like to put two 80G
drives in the Debian machine; one to periodically replicate the XP disk,
the other to backup the Debian machine, provide an incremental data
backup location for the XP box, and for general file storage. I'm also
considering adding a notebook and I want to be able to sync the notebook
drive.
I think rsync is the correct application for such a task; is this
correct? I don't want try to redesign the wheel and I think many others
have passed this way before. I'm a bit confused by the rysnc
documentation - it doesn't appear to be used for interfacing using SMB.
I don't need to backup to tape; I may consider such a option at the
point I prepare for catastrophic recovery.
Looking forward to helpful suggestion and directions,
Barry
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