[Nelug] Backup over network. Which? What?

[Peter Holmes]

Razor weasels, huh?  Come from where?

Thanks for that but custom scripts? Bash I could probably manage there's a lot to learn for a novice like me.  I'll give it try when I have time available.

===> On 8 Oct 2006 at 14:10, Stephen Patterson  wrote :-

> On 08 Oct 06, Peter Holmes (fopetsys at yahoo.co.uk) wrote:
> > Which backup software do you recommend?  I did some digging and AMANDA seems to be about the best though do I want to spend a week setting it up?  I also have some minor concerns about AMANDA's long term free-as-in-beer situation ... note the number of ads seen around the net on 'about.com', etc.
> > There's also AFBACKUP, BACULA and MONDO plus a few more but support appears thin.
> 
> So many options :) I'd use rsync & a custom shell script unless you need the
> data stored compressed on the server. That does have the advantage that if
> things fail severely all the data is still on a regular filesystem.
> 
> > Also, what's the best flavour of LINUX to use?  A desktop bias isn't necessary since I can just about work my way around with the Command Line.  I use UBUNTU at present which is fine as a desktop machine but it tries too hard to be all-things-to-everybody and hog resources.
> 
> ubuntu's not bad though I prefer debian. It can be slimmed down a lot by doing a
> custom install so you only install the software you're going to use (so you
> don't end up with gnome-* & kde-*). 
> 
> -- 
> Stephen Patterson :: steve at patter.mine.nu :: http://patter.mine.nu/
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> "At night, the razor weasels come."
> 







 		
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