[CentOS] Backup Redux

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:31 AM,  <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>>
>>> I just went through the archives to see what people are doing for
>>> backups,
>>> and here is what I found :
>>> - amanda
>>> - bacula
>>> - BackupPC
>>> - FreeNAS
>>
>> You missed rsync.
>
> Rsync is another one-off approach where you have to roll your own
> commands per target.   Backuppc can use rsync as the transport,
<snip>
Actually, my manager wrote a set of scripts some years ago, and we *do*
have centralized backup setups, which get automagically pushed out, and
the backup hosts know what directories to backup from each server.

But it is a roll-your-own, though I'd have to go look to see if he
released it as FOSS.

        mark