Workstation Backup Strategies

[Mike]

Oh and I forgot to mention rsnapshot is in extras...

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Mike wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Joseph Holladay wrote:
>
>> Wow, mondo looks like a great app.  It should really be in core or at least 
>> extras.
>> 
>> Joseph Holladay wrote:
>>> What tool is the best for backing up a single workstation onto multiple 
>>> DVDs.  Ideally incrementally, but I would still do new full backups from 
>>> time to time as DVDs are notoriously unreliable.  Many of the backup tools 
>>> I have found seem to be meant for networked backups of multiple machines 
>>> to HD or tape.  I know I could probably write some kind of script, but I 
>>> bet a better coder than I has already solved this problem.
>
> Two thumbs up for mondo!  The combination of mondo and rsnapshot 
> (www.rsnapshot.org) has been the best solution for my small time operation 
> (and simple mind).  I run a complete mondo archive once a month manually and 
> hourly, daily and weekly rsnapshot runs from crontab.
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