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Re: Backup services and Debian



Hi, Petter.

On 26/05/15 05:30, Petter Adsen wrote:

> I'm still messing with trying to get a good backup routine, and I'm
> (slowly) coming to the conclusion that other people are better at it
> than I am, and I need a way to store data remotely anyway.
> 
> Right now, I'm testing AltDrive on an Ubuntu machine. They have a Java
> client (which I'm not too happy about) that seems to work well. I've
> upgraded my outgoing bandwidth to be better suited to doing backups
> to a remote destination. I haven't tested the client with Debian yet,
> as you can only run it on one machine with the service you can try for
> free for one month.
> 
> One thing I miss is the ability to do backups of NFS-mounted file
> systems. Neither do I like the dependence upon Java. Apart from that,
> it seems to work quite well. It does version control, handles
> encryption locally with keys I manage myself, and I can use as much
> space as I need. It wouldn't cost any more than using Dropbox. There is
> also a command line interface, apparently, although it seems very basic.
> 
> Does anyone here have any experience with this or similar services that
> work well with Debian? Do any of them have the ability to do backups of
> network file systems, so that I won't need to run the client on several
> machines? This could be especially important to me soon, as I'm
> considering to buy a small NAS, and I'm unlikely to find a client that
> will run locally on that.
> 
> That said, I would be really, really happy if the client was open
> source. Another thing that would be nice is if they have servers in
> Europe, so that I wouldn't need to push the data back and forth across
> the Atlantic.
> 
> I have found a loooong list of backup providers on Wikipedia, but it
> would take forever to research each and every one of them to find out
> which ones are suited to my purpose and find other people's experiences
> with them, which is why I'm asking here, in a hope to narrow it down to
> just a few.
> 
> Any insights and experiences with this or equivalent services would be
> much appreciated. Relevant advice, the same.

You could try Bacula. You could also use Dirvish, although it does not
running as a service, it gives good results. It works with rsync and
optimize disk space usage maintaining hard links to the files unchanged
between a backup and the next.

I hope this helps.

Best regards,
Daniel

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