rdiff-backup is it best openSource continous backup solution?

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Thu Feb 21 16:44:18 UTC 2013


On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:08:42PM -0800, Rajeev Prasad wrote:
>    Gurus,
>    need words of wisdom adn experiecne on backup solution for my ub server
>    1204 LTS
>    a quick seacrh produced [1]many results and this continous backup
>    solution([2]rdiff-backup).
>    is rdiff-backup currently managed?
>    need something which:
>    1. actively managed/devloped. (dont want to commit to dead end/dead/dying
>    software)
>    2. does continous backups.
>    3. backup atleast last 3 versions of a file/folder.
>    4. backup to network drive.
>    5. backup other connected PCs, Macs and Unix hosts.
>    6. backup my complete LAMP ubuntu server with other modules/apps
>    installed. (so that with one restore operation I can get my crashed server
>    back up to a working status).
>    kindly suggest the best option out there. command line is fine.

I used to use rdiff-backup but now I use rsnapshot.  Rsnapshot is
definitely currently maintained and has a fairly active mailing list. 

-- 
Chris Green




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