Re: Recommended Backup/Restore Tools for Newbie
On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 14:05 -0700, Alvin Oga wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 02:41:44PM -0400, Parker, Matthew wrote:
>
> ..
>
> > -----------------------------------
> > -- Requirements of System Backup --
> > -----------------------------------
> > * 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)
> >
> >
> > -------------------------
> > -- Possible Candidates --
> > -------------------------
> > * Mondo Restore
> > * Rsync
>
> rsync violates spec#1 above ...
> - it does NOT make snapshots
> - it does NOT do incremental backups per se, but will
> overwrite it ( you cannot restore the previous copy )
> - it does not do "bare metal restore"
What about rsnapshot?
http://www.rsnapshot.org/
RIchard
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