+1 for Backuppc.....<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Les Mikesell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lesmikesell@gmail.com">lesmikesell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Sorin Srbu wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I've built a new backup server for our linux-clients.<br>
><br>
> Is Amanda the way to go for a backup-solution?<br>
><br>
> It seems to be pretty powerful, if a bit finickety to set up initially.<br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> The way we currently do backups is to use rsync from the clients to two<br>
> folders on an older server that rolls over every other week. This worked fine<br>
> for a while, but the rsync is cumulative and the users generate a tremendous<br>
</div><div class="im">> amount of data every day after having had a client upgrade with newer and<br>
> hilariously fast computers for calculation. The previous *nix-admin set it up<br>
> this way with rsync, meaning that we in the long run have data that is way<br>
> obsolete and get increasingly difficult to maintain.<br>
><br>
> As the backup solution must be next to free, ie "free beer", Amanda looks<br>
> suitable.<br>
><br>
> What do you use for backing up data?<br>
<br>
</div>Backuppc is good for this - it can use rsync for the transfers (or tar or smb)<br>
but all duplicate data is compressed and pooled even if found on different<br>
machines and it has an easy setup to control how long old copies are retained.<br>
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