Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-07-16 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 14 May 2007 17:43:31 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > "Deboo ^" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Though I have never tried rsync, I can tell what I use and it is very >> simple and straightforward. I use a simple shell script to backup the >> files in my home dir to the windows partition as

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-07-16 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 14 May 2007 11:12:09 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 02:08:56PM +0200, Dan H wrote: >> On Sun, 13 May 2007 20:56:21 -0400 >> Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Good point. What I like about the rsync snapshots is that I can >> > "browse" back

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-14 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 02:08:56PM +0200, Dan H wrote: > On Sun, 13 May 2007 20:56:21 -0400 > Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Good point. What I like about the rsync snapshots is that I can > > "browse" back in time. In my case, I always have hourly snapshots > > going back f

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
"Deboo ^" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Though I have never tried rsync, I can tell what I use and it is very > simple and straightforward. I use a simple shell script to backup the > files in my home dir to the windows partition as well as mirror it to > a remote ftp server using lftp. You will l

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-14 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 14 May 2007 11:00:32 +0100 Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > José Santos wrote: > > What application do you think its best for backing up /home files in > > Debian Etch? > > The most robust medium is HDD. Dedicate a complete drive to backup, preferably > on a different machine or an

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-14 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > On Sunday 13 May 2007 18:35:38 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >> To recap, you have something like this: >> >> - backup to external hard drive >> - ~75 GB in /home >> - can be stored unencrypted and uncompressed (I would recom

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-14 Thread Ralph Katz
On 05/14/2007 04:38 AM, Deboo ^ wrote: > On 5/14/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 06:44:26PM -0600, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: >> > >> > I'd suggest considering rdiff-backup instead. It results in a plain >> > unencrypted and uncompressed tree, exactly lik

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-14 Thread Dan H
On Sun, 13 May 2007 20:56:21 -0400 Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good point. What I like about the rsync snapshots is that I can > "browse" back in time. In my case, I always have hourly snapshots > going back four hours, daily snapshots going back four days and weekly > snapsh

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-14 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/14/07, Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: José Santos wrote: > What application do you think its best for backing up /home files in > Debian Etch? The most robust medium is HDD. Dedicate a complete drive to backup, preferably on a different machine or an external drive. Rdiff-backup is g

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-14 Thread Chris Lale
José Santos wrote: > What application do you think its best for backing up /home files in > Debian Etch? The most robust medium is HDD. Dedicate a complete drive to backup, preferably on a different machine or an external drive. Rdiff-backup is good because you can browse the backup directly eg if

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-14 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/14/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 06:44:26PM -0600, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > > I'd suggest considering rdiff-backup instead. It results in a plain > unencrypted and uncompressed tree, exactly like rsync, but in addition, > does real incremental b

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-13 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 06:44:26PM -0600, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > > I'd suggest considering rdiff-backup instead. It results in a plain > unencrypted and uncompressed tree, exactly like rsync, but in addition, > does real incremental backups. The increments themselves are binary diffs > and

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-13 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Sunday 13 May 2007 18:35:38 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > To recap, you have something like this: > > - backup to external hard drive > - ~75 GB in /home > - can be stored unencrypted and uncompressed (I would recommend >compression only when your storage medium will no longer fit it >u

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-13 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
José, To recap, you have something like this: - backup to external hard drive - ~75 GB in /home - can be stored unencrypted and uncompressed (I would recommend compression only when your storage medium will no longer fit it uncompressed) - needs to be accessible right away In that case

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-13 Thread José Santos
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 07:23:06PM +0100, José Santos wrote: >> What application do you think its best for backing up /home files in >> Debian Etch? >> > José, > > What is your backup medium? Its an external hard drive. H

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-13 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 13 May 2007 21:04:05 +0200 Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > � wrote: > > What application do you think its best for backing up /home files in > > Debian Etch? > > > > Thank you. > > There are a lot of different ways to go about th

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-13 Thread José Santos
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joe Hart wrote: > ý wrote: >> What application do you think its best for backing up /home files in >> Debian Etch? > >> Thank you. > > There are a lot of different ways to go about this. One of the most > common programs do do this is tar. > > rsyn

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-13 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 07:23:06PM +0100, José Santos wrote: > What application do you think its best for backing up /home files in > Debian Etch? > José, What is your backup medium? How big is your /home? Do you want it stored compressed or uncompressed? How about encrypted or unencrypted? Ho

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-13 Thread Guillermo Garron
On 5/13/07, José Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What application do you think its best for backing up /home files in Debian Etch? Thank you. Try this ones, http://www.go2linux.org/node/32 http://www.go2linux.org/node/37 http://www.go2linux.org/

Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-13 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 � wrote: > What application do you think its best for backing up /home files in > Debian Etch? > > Thank you. There are a lot of different ways to go about this. One of the most common programs do do this is tar. rsync is good if you have another p

Advise on backing up files in Etch.

2007-05-13 Thread José Santos
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What application do you think its best for backing up /home files in Debian Etch? Thank you. - -- José Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ http://www.ftml.net/mail/?STKI=1516747 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (G