On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 08:23:23PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
rsync is easier to set up when you have existing data, and I do have a few laptops where I have a daily job to rsync their data onto a different server.
I would recommend rsnapshot. It makes setting up an rsync & cron based incremental backup system very easy. The only downside is recovery is a rather manual process. For a more full-blown solution with rsync, BackupPC might be interesting to the OP.
Cheers,