smb is not ideal accross any sort of WAN or slow link.. smb is very much a
LAN filesystem layer..
rsync is very functional, even on vista. You can create a user specifically
to run rsync and give them read access to the directories you want to
backup.
Some people do have problems with rsync on windows but I have setup many
machines with various windows from 2000 to vista sp2 and never ever had an
issue. I use deltacopy
<http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp>for rsync as it
installs easily and just works...
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Msquared <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:14:16PM -0600, Rob Poe wrote:
>
> > Do people seem to think that Samba (i.e. Windows Shares) is the way to
> > go? I've been using RSync (excluding .EXE, .DLL, etc) .. which seems to
> > make the pools smaller (this isn't a full backup -- but rather a "Oh,
> > crap, the HD failed and I need the files on the computer")..
>
> I've found rsync ideal for that scenario, and use it to back up the
> Windows partition on my dual-boot laptop. (I'm backing up via a VPN
> across wireless, and SMB requires extra work in order to make it work
> across a router.)
>
> Regards, Msquared...
>
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