Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf >> Of Barry Brimer >> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:15 PM >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server >> >> I use rsnapshot .. which manages sets of rsync backups using hardlinks. >> IT may be similar to what you are using already .. > > Somewhat similar, thanks. I think however I need to get away from this sort > of backups. They're just to space-consuming. Between compression and pooling, I get about 10x the raw data being archived with backuppc - it beats juggling tapes and you can let the users access the backups of their own machine through a web interface. There are some down sides to plan around though: the compression takes some CPU and is slower than a stock rsync run, and the pooling is done with hardlinks which forces the archive to be on a single filesystem and makes it hard to duplicate for offsite copies. There's an RPM in epel that is easy to install on Centos. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com