m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> Alessandro Baggi wrote: >> I list, >> I'm new with backup ops and I'm searching a good system to accomplish >> this work. I know that on centos there are bacula and amanda but they are >> too tape oriented. Another is that they are very powerfull but morecomplex.>> I need a solution for small office for disk storage and I found Backup PC. >> Many people say that it is great for small stuff and for great number of >> data. >> >> What do you mean about Backup PC? >> Any experiences? >> What solution do you use? > > Les, who I'm sure will hop in, likes it. We have a home-grown system that > automates rsync.Oh, let me add that we use rsync with hard links, which saves a *lot* of space, and time. mark
On Wed, May 6, 2015 3:27 pm, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> Alessandro Baggi wrote: >>> I list, >>> I'm new with backup ops and I'm searching a good system to accomplish >>> this work. I know that on centos there are bacula and amanda but they >>> are >>> too tape oriented. Another is that they are very powerfull but more > complex. >>> I need a solution for small office for disk storage and I found Backup >>> PC. >>> Many people say that it is great for small stuff and for great number >>> of >>> data. >>> >>> What do you mean about Backup PC? >>> Any experiences? >>> What solution do you use? >> >> Les, who I'm sure will hop in, likes it. We have a home-grown system >> that >> automates rsync. > > Oh, let me add that we use rsync with hard links, which saves a *lot* of > space, and time. >This sounds like Apple borrowed your idea for their time machine (I bet you are doing it for much-much linger than Apple time machine exists)! Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Valeri Galtsev wrote:> > On Wed, May 6, 2015 3:27 pm, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >>> Alessandro Baggi wrote: >>>> I list, >>>> I'm new with backup ops and I'm searching a good system to accomplish >>>> this work. I know that on centos there are bacula and amanda but they >>>> are too tape oriented. Another is that they are very powerfull but more >>>> complex.I need a solution for small office for disk storage and Ifound Backup>>>> PC.Many people say that it is great for small stuff and for great number >>>> of data. >>>> >>>> What do you mean about Backup PC? >>>> Any experiences? >>>> What solution do you use? >>> >>> Les, who I'm sure will hop in, likes it. We have a home-grown system >>> that automates rsync. >> >> Oh, let me add that we use rsync with hard links, which saves a *lot* of >> space, and time. >> > This sounds like Apple borrowed your idea for their time machine (I bet > you are doing it for much-much linger than Apple time machine exists)!We try to keep five weeks. Except for the giant RAID boxen, which are more, ahhh, challenging to backup (or not, as the case may be). mark
On 2015-05-06, Valeri Galtsev <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote:> > This sounds like Apple borrowed your idea for their time machine (I bet > you are doing it for much-much linger than Apple time machine exists)!rsnapshot has been using rsync with hard links for ages. http://rsnapshot.org/ --keith -- kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us