[ale] seeking backup with versioning

Jeff Hubbs jhubbslist at att.net
Wed Oct 28 14:56:34 EDT 2009


What is meant by "house the database?"

PairOfTwins wrote:
> All:
>
> In searching ale.org, I see ext4 in discussions of versioning.  I've 
> been asked (finally) to replace a Win2K server, which houses the 
> database for 7 Windoze workstations.  Since the office manager just lost 
> 6 weeks of Outlook emails when the pst file was corrupted AND the copy 
> done by nightly backup was also corrupted ---- keeping prior versions is 
> a basic requirement.
>
> eBox uses rdiff-backup
> ClearOS I can't determine
> FreeNAS I can't determine
> Ubuntu Server uses BackupPC or Bacula
>
> As an Ubuntu user, I'm most comfortable with deb distros.  Anyone have a 
> suggestion of a server distro with suitable backup built in, or shall I 
> use Ubuntu server?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
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