[ale] Linux GUI or CLI backup tool

[David Tomaschik]

Don't use SpiderOak.  I currently use it, and I loved it at the
beginning, but it now throws errors more often than not.  I'm probably
going to use backupninja with duplicity to an s3 back end.

David


On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:07 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
> For home use, Back-In-Time http://backintime.le-web.org/ is great. Easy
> to use GUI.  Setup Mom's PC with it in under 5 minutes and never looked
> back.  It uses hardlinks in the backup area to efficient storage.
> Hourly snapshots take seconds.  If you are only using UNIX file systems,
> it is great.  To get networked backups, you need to use sshfs or some
> other networked file system to hide the remote-ness of the storage.
> Still, it is so easy and just works. Check your distro's repo for it.
> Restores are a copy since the backup area appears with timestamped
> directory structures.
>
> If you need to mix file systems, I use rdiff-backup on Linux and
> Windows. The command syntax is like rsync, but does so much more -
> incremental, differential, networked backups. Very efficient on storage
> and time. The downside is that client and server versions of
> rdiff-backup must match. That can be problematic.  Restore is a copy for
> the last backup made. To access earlier versions, other rdiff-backup
> commands are needed to get any other version back.
>
> If you want enterprise level backups at home (remote, encrypted, etc...)
> Duplicati (GUI for Duplicity) can work. However, it is slow.  Weekly
> full backups + incrementals. It is easy to setup. Did I mention how slow
> it is? The backup area is not human readable. Think "catalog."
>
> Rsync is great for mirroring files but it isn't a complete backup
> solution.  For example, if there is corruption that isn't recognized
> immediately, you are likely to replicate that corruption. Same for viruses.
>
> I hope others will post what they use with Pros/Cons. There's always a
> better way, right?
>
>
> On 02/14/2011 12:05 PM, Sergio Chaves wrote:
>> I currently use TAR to backup my PCs at home - not familiar with rsync.
>> Wife was converted to linux last year and love it (and so do I,  no more
>> reinstalls, yeah!).
>> The thing is that she got into photography and wants to manage her own
>> backups.
>> Is there a good, intuitive, linux GUI tool that uses Rsync? I would like to
>> just sync the directories after the 1st backup is done.
>> I am also ok with options other than rsync or a script that she can start from
>> a desktop shortcut.
>
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