Matrix Mole wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Alex Dean <alex@crackpot.org> wrote:
>> I need backup software for a home network.  Mix of Linux and OSX machines.
>>  Will be using an external HDD for backup media.  The backup server will run
>> on one of the OSX machines, since it's the only non-laptop I have.  I'm
>> mainly looking for something that's easy to configure and has minimal
>> resource consumption.
> 
> I like the rsync option for backup purposes. I'm not sure if it'll
> work for your setup. I've been using it to keep my web servers safe
> and stored on my local network from their remote machine locations.
> Plus, with rsync being command line, it should be very easy to write
> shell scripts for it.

I'm sure it would work.  But honestly, I don't want to write all those 
scripts.  I think it's probably already been done by others who have 
considered more cases than I'm likely to think of.

DIY is cool when you're interested in the project, but I'm not that 
interested in this.  I just want something I can fire up and get my 
machines backed up with minimal effort.

thanks,
alex