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Author: Carruth, Rusty
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Subject: RE: Any opinions on backup software?
Rsync can be made to work, I think. I know it works in linux, and I
think there's a windows version. The main problem on windows is making
it run like a cron job. For the features, it can use ssh as a transport
means, can copy double-remote I think (both sides are not local)....

There was a backup program we had donated to PLUG MANY years ago, it was
kind of like tar and kind of like rsync. I'll look and see if I have
the book any more so I can post the name.

Other than that, I bet the rest of the PLUGgers will have good ideas.

Rusty

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> Hello everyone,
>
> I've found myself looking at the issue of backups again. Currently I
> have an network drive which my sister and I will manually copy files
> over to. While this is better than nothing it's clearly not an ideal
> setup. I've googled backup software and there appears to be a very
> large selection so I thought I'd ask if anyone in PLUG has

suggestions.
>
> To put what I'm looking for in bullet points:
> * Ideally supports backup up both Linux and Windows
> * Will work with laptops that may not always be on or able to reach

the
> home network (I don't currently have a VPN set up for my home network

-
> - but that's a project for another day)
> * Has a straightforward means of copying the backups somewhere offsite
> (currently thinking of taking an external drive over to our parent's
> place whenever we visit, but also considering something like Amazon
> Glacier)
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