Les Mikesell wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> >> I mainly want to use it as a backup server for hosting servers, so >> I'll focus on FTP / SSH / SFTP / iSCSI (if possible), and maybe NFS - >> I don't want SMB (for security reasons). I'll probably also add >> Webmin to allow users to browse their backups via HTTPS, manage >> folders, etc. > > You might like backuppc (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/) for a > backup system that will let individual machine 'owners' browse/restore > their own backups while using compression and linking all duplicate > files to use much less disk space than you'd expect. There's some > tradeoff in speed compared to straight rsync and it needs more CPU, > but the disk savings and ease of use might be worth it. > Yes, Backuppc is one of the programs we'll suggest :) But it will also be used for Linux control panels like cPanel, Plesk, Webmin, etc which use traditional FTP backup (via local LAN only). -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff