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Recommended Backup/Restore Tools for Newbie



Title: Recommended Backup/Restore Tools for Newbie

Hi,

I'm a relative newbie who has just installed Debian (Woody) on 5 servers: 2 Firewalls, an Apache/TWiki server, a file server, and a workstation w/ Gnome. I'm looking for a solution to backup these systems (and also the data on the file server.)

I've done some reading on the web and have found any number of solutions: from shell scripts to commercial tools. In the interests of time I put together a list of 'system requirements.' I was wondering if people could make some suggestions as to which direction to take.

Note: I don't need anything more than a recommended tool/approach. I'll take it from there.

Thanks!


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-- Requirements of System Backup --
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* Incremental Data Backups/SnapShots
* System Restore: i.e. bare metal restore
* Open Source
* Something that a relative newbie can handle
* "Popular"
   > Mature
   > Well-Documentated
   > Currently under development/testing
   > possible relevance to the world of work (i.e. a good tool to put on resume)


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-- Possible Candidates --
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* Mondo Restore
* Rsync


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