Am 12. Jul, 2008 schwätzte Alex Dean so:
> 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 don't know if BackupPC works on OS!X. Maybe you can run it on GNU/Linux
in VirtualBox or something :).
> I've read a bit about BackupPC and Bacula. So far, BackupPC seems preferable
> because it looks much simpler. (No client software to install. Cool!) I'm
> interested in any opinions about these 2 packages, or recommendations on
> other programs I ought to have a look at.
I'm using BackupPC. It works well. It was a bit of a pain to setup, but
some of that was definitely self-induced. I'm using it to backup on local
networks as well as across the Net. I'm also not allowing it to connect as
root. That's the self-induced pain. Then again, it shouldn't require
connecting as root!
BackupPC will keep only one copy of a distinct file, even across multiple
machines[0]. That can save a lot of space when backing up multiple
machines.
It does a pretty good job of keeping various daily, weekly, etc snapshots.
I haven't tested what happens if you change the timestamp without changing
the file.
[0] That might be a policy violation in some environments.
ciao,
der.hans
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