On May 7, 2015 6:05 AM, "Jussi Hirvi" <greenspot at greenspot.fi> wrote: > > I wonder why nobody has yet mentioned rdiff-backup. It combines browsable directories with multiple versions - the version data is stored in a separate rdiff-backup-data subdirectory (one per backup task). > > One downside is that rdiff-backup causes a lot of network traffic. For that reason I currently use rsync to copy over network, and then I use rdiff-backup locally to create a repository with multiple versions. > > Another system that we use is rdiffweb. It uses rdiff-backup over network and adds a web interface for clients to browse and restore files or directories. I did not personally set it up, but it seems to work fine. I am one of the people who use rsync with hardlinks. Reason is very simple and even humble: I built my home backup server around a OpenWrt - Seagate dockstar if you want to date that - box and an external backup drive. So I wanted something low resources that did not require me to install any packages. That script grew a bit (or a lot) and became my old job's backup code. But, I admit one think it does miss is having a convenient way to look for a file, specially if you physically rotate drives. If rdiff-backup will tell when was the last time a file has been backed up/touched even if drive with said file is not mounted, I will need to get to learn more about it. > > - Jussi > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos