Alex Dean 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.
Have you looked at rdiff-backup (
http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/)?
Personally, I like it because a) it uses the rsync algorithm, b) you can
restore files by copying them directly (compared to *having* to use the
backup utility to restore files) and c) you can run the backup as root
on the source server, but as a plain user on the backup server (little
more secure imo).
There are several web utilities to help out too. Google around, but a
couple are listed at
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/rdiffbackupgui.htm
Just my 2c.
-Mike
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