backup tools

Adam Vande More amvandemore at gmail.com
Sat Jun 23 01:14:36 UTC 2012


On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Chad Perrin <perrin at apotheon.com> wrote:

> I'm setting up a "new" backup server using FreeBSD.  It will be used for
> backing up laptops, which will not be connected to the network by any
> kind of schedule, so backups will be initiated manually rather than by
> cron or other scheduled procedures.  I'm trying to decide on what tools
> to use for managing backups.  In the past I have used rsync, which has
> worked reasonably well, but fails one of my desired criteria for the new
> backup procedures, and is less than ideal for others.
>

One's I use or have used:

sysutils/rdiff-backup
sysutils/tarsnap
misc/amanda-server

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Adam Vande More


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