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Re: Good backup software for Linux



Mal Beaton wrote:
> rsync to get a complete picture of the system then rdiff-backup for
> incremental changes. I actually keep a seperate old box with big disks
> just for the backup. I like rdiff-backup as you can do such stuff as
> restore this file as it was x days ago. Beats having to dig out the
> relevant tape and wait for it to restore

    Going that route I'd suggest dirvish.  Awesome backup tool that conserves
network traffic (rsync) and disk space (hard links for identical files) all at
once.  Very configurable.

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