[ale] seeking backup with versioning

[Jeff Hubbs]

Well, that has always seemed to be Microsoft's hope and intent, and in 
my long-ago experience it seemed like people would invariably run into 
some limitation or bug in Access, whether it was in a single-user 
instance or one with DB files that were shared out, and MS-solutions 
people could deploy a SQL Server instance and some sort of front end 
easier than they could get an Access bug fixed.  All this worked great 
for Microsoft, especially since SQL Server had both an instance license 
cost and a per-client access cost.

Jeff Lightner wrote:
> You mean like MSSQL?  :p
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Hubbs
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:46 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] seeking backup with versioning
>
> Okay...this never goes well.   Your effort would be better spent getting
>
> these people on a proper DBMS.
>
> - Jeff
>
> PairOfTwins wrote:
>   
>> Jeff:
>>
>> A custom Access database resides in a shared folder, and Access on
>>     
> their 
>   
>> Windoze workstations open it in shared mode.  AFAIK there is no Access
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>> process running on the server.
>>
>> Tom
>> ==========================
>> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
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>>     
>>> What is meant by "house the database?"
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>>> PairOfTwins wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> All:
>>>>
>>>> In searching ale.org, I see ext4 in discussions of versioning.  I've
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>
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>>>> been asked (finally) to replace a Win2K server, which houses the 
>>>> database for 7 Windoze workstations.  Since the office manager just
>>>>         
> lost 
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>>>> 6 weeks of Outlook emails when the pst file was corrupted AND the
>>>>         
> copy 
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>>>> done by nightly backup was also corrupted ---- keeping prior
>>>>         
> versions is 
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>>>> 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
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> have a 
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>>>> suggestion of a server distro with suitable backup built in, or
>>>>         
> shall I 
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>>>> use Ubuntu server?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Tom
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