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From: ac <"aec$news"@candt.waitrose.com>
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Query - What do you use as a backup solution
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:45:54 +0000
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Moog wrote:
> OK,
>
> After piddling around with a variety of *nix distros over the last few
> years, I've actually plumped for Ubuntu as my distro of choice. I will be
> running all my systems with it and therefore hopefully you knowledgeable
> folk can help with the following.....
>
> I think I've got a fairly good grasp of the basics, but I would appreciate
> some advice on backing up. I've got my system as I would like it, no
> issues and very few personal files and would like a full "image" (I know,
> I'm showing my windows gobfodder) backup and restore solution.
>
> Is that possible? Which program?
>
> Also...what do you use for your everyday solution? There seems to be a
> number of options and I would prefer recommendations rather than my usual
> "trial and error" route.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
I like the idea of kde Keep, but implementations in distros I have
seen (suse and kubuntu) have not worked fully.
However, it is based on
rdiff-backup
which mirrors and holds incremental data, and I use this now.
http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/examples.html
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