tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134723925265805427.post7732822784383180123..comments2023-10-31T14:04:04.105+02:00Comments on Rambling around foo: Looking for a backup application for a small home networkeddyphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13986125106284142716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134723925265805427.post-36368244913547149592013-01-03T17:39:06.519+02:002013-01-03T17:39:06.519+02:00BackupPC is a very good solution (three computers,...BackupPC is a very good solution (three computers, GNU/Linux only) that I use since ages. Saved my life a number of times.filippohttp://www.massxpert.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134723925265805427.post-68337333156040279692012-12-31T18:26:55.731+02:002012-12-31T18:26:55.731+02:00BackupPC works well, is very slick and does exactl...BackupPC works well, is very slick and does exactly what it should do. You don't need to do anything client side - just feed SMB credentials for the Windows machines or ssh/rsync credentials for the *nix based machines and tell it what to back up. Backups are initiated from the server - so when a client is connected to the network, BackupPC will find it and start an incremental backup.... requires a bit of configuration to get going, but massively fine-tunable :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682856749865511561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134723925265805427.post-60337125936883063522012-12-31T16:33:13.713+02:002012-12-31T16:33:13.713+02:00Another vote for rsync. I use this http://sourcefo...Another vote for rsync. I use this http://sourceforge.net/projects/rbme/<br /><br />snoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134723925265805427.post-26441457938917247672012-12-31T11:09:06.735+02:002012-12-31T11:09:06.735+02:00Give areca-backup a try. It's not a server-cli...Give <a href="http://www.areca-backup.org/" rel="nofollow">areca-backup</a> a try. It's not a server-client application, it's just a Java application, but I find it very good. I run it from the laptop on which I mount a directory from the backup server through samba for the backup target. You can automate it with cronjobs (windows task scheduler) and you can put a small test in the starting script where you check whether the backup target directory is available.Adrian Fitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014916793380772712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134723925265805427.post-2807205590768218562012-12-31T04:52:41.076+02:002012-12-31T04:52:41.076+02:00I am using BackupPC and it is pretty nice. It isn...I am using BackupPC and it is pretty nice. It isn't "just a bunch of perl scripts." Although command lines are available I mostly find the web interface more than sufficient. Works well. I would give it a second look.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134723925265805427.post-40532750240064659712012-12-31T02:35:34.949+02:002012-12-31T02:35:34.949+02:00How about obnam? Probably it's possible to mak...How about obnam? Probably it's possible to make it run on Windows...Andrej Shadurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671049091653182952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134723925265805427.post-51999431175063379242012-12-31T01:04:37.563+02:002012-12-31T01:04:37.563+02:00rsnapshot, but in pull mode from the nslu2 ?
It se...rsnapshot, but in pull mode from the nslu2 ?<br />It seems to meet all requirements (not sure for "low CPU and memory needs" on the nslu2 ?), and a lot if not all bonus-points.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134723925265805427.post-51196584085238424332012-12-30T23:44:36.819+02:002012-12-30T23:44:36.819+02:00rsync w/ an rsync server on the nslu2. I used this...rsync w/ an rsync server on the nslu2. I used this for years and it worked great. Only switched from the nslu2 as it was also my fileserver and the network speed began to annoy me.<br /><br />It is pretty flexible w/ a bit of shell scripting. I started with the 7 day incremental from rsync.samba.org/examples.html and tweaked it from there.<br /><br />The shell scripts should certainly be easy to reproduce in a windows friendly batch file or whatever they use. rsync.net has some windows choices that might be useful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134723925265805427.post-16020336824408199932012-12-30T22:53:40.882+02:002012-12-30T22:53:40.882+02:00http://burp.grke.net/ maybe?http://burp.grke.net/ maybe?naolivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358311542897400278noreply@blogger.com