OK, I'm getting ready to finally dig into replacing our backups. Lots of good info in this thread -but so far no mention of rsnapshot Any comment on it ? Our environment is all Linux except for Mac desktops which would like have a different solution for backups. >From the little I've read it seems to be very similar to BackupPC. Though based on the name I guess it is using LVM snapshots? Which of course means almost instantaneous backups - attractive. -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"