[Discuss] Backup linux desktops/workstations

[Jack Coats]

I have used crashplan (crashplan.com) on Ubuntu and Windows with luck.
I don't use their cloud service, but I have a 3T drive on one machine that
everyone backs up to.

The 'pay for' client does 'continuous' backups, but the free client
does daily backups and on demand.
On critical machines, you can put 'paid client', and for 'normal'
machines use the free.

If it is for commercial use, the 'pay for' client is required by
license.  The 'pay for' client also does
a higher level of data encryption.  You get a 'free home trial' of the
'commercial client' for 2 weeks
or so, then it reverts to the 'free' client if licensing is not issued.

I don't use their cloud service mainly because my connection is so
slow.  It doesn't require a
huge bandwidth except for the initial backup.

My real favorite is TSM, but that is a fully commercial system that
needs its own admin on a
regular basis.

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On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Edward Ned Harvey <blu at nedharvey.com> wrote:
> On mac & windows, I'm accustomed to Time Machine and Acronis.  Key features
> are:
> . Run in the background, low priority, no complaints from user about
> performance.
> . Daily (or more frequent) incrementals
> . Able to specify excludes
> . Able to restore whole system, or just a few individual files
> . User doesn't need IT assistance to restore a few individual files
>
> I'm willing to compromise on the last two points, and *maybe* even
> compromise on the excludes.  But there can be no compromise on the first two
> points.
>
> I'm trying to find a suitable, similar backup solution for linux (ubuntu
> desktop in particular).  Up till now, the best I've done is dump (ext4
> filesystem.)  Unfortunately, even when I nice dump to the fullest extent,
> it's still too resource intensive.  Users complain tremendously, as long as
> it's running.
>
> Any suggestions for alternatives?
>
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