[linux-sec-uk] Linux Backup Solutions: Amanda, Bacula etc.

[Martin Stricker]

> James Davis <jamesd at jml.net> writes:
> 
> > What are people using to backup their Linux systems? I'm currently
> > using Bacula to backup a small but important MySQL database.

Still just the good old tar over the network (paked into some shell and
Perl scripts, of course).

Adam Sampson wrote:

> For a somewhat different approach, rdiff-backup maintains an
> efficient rsync-style copy of a directory tree, but also keeps
> incremental changes (so I can restore a directory as it was last
> night, or as it was three days ago, which is extremely handy for
> configuration files, for instance).

This sounds interesting! I'll give it a try.

Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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