I'm a big fan of "dirvish" for backup on Linux systems. I used it for many years. It just uses rsync, under the covers, but it keeps multiple backups, minimizes the space used, and is really easy to restore from.
*Chris McQuistion* Director of Information Technology Currey Ingram Academy 6544 Murray Lane, Brentwood, TN, 37027 *o* 615.507.3175 *c* 615.525.5877 www.curreyingram.org On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 12:35 PM, JMJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings! > > I finally upgraded to a router with USB ports, installed DD-WRT, and > attached a USB drive to give me some NAS functionality via Samba. I can now > save backups from 2-3 systems and have a shared folder. The Backup and > Shared folders on the NAS are mounted in the home directory of each system. > > A simple folder sync should suffice for my "backup" needs. I don't need > multiple copies from various dates, or anything elaborate. > > What's the simplest way to sync folders? I assume there's no need to > install anything else on the router, but just need to sync the folders on > each machine. Do I understand that correctly? I'm currently looking at > Unison and various GUI options that use rsync but I figure you folks would > know the best/simplest solution. :-) > > Thanks! > > JMJ > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group > /nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
