[Hidden-tech] Back Up software?

[Rich]

I was going to suggest rsync - which we use between all our servers and 
started to use to backup our PCs in our office where there
are local servers (yes, linux)

AND I found that backuppc actually uses rsync as the PC side of the 
process, and includes a daemon version (read service for Windows admins),
so it can be run pretty much independent of the notebook user 
remembering to run it.

I am going to switch our note books over to backuppc and will report 
back our results.

Others please add more details as to your experiences with these various 
options..

Rich


Jonathan Dill wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a freeware or cheapware backup program. Bonus 
> points if you know of a 'ghost' hard drive image freeware.
>
> Not for the technically faint of heart, but if you have any idea how 
> to use a Linux LiveCD I can give you some suggestions (such as 
> partimage from a KNOPPIX CD).  For the average user, however, I would 
> not trust such a solution 100%.  If you're not experienced with Linux 
> stuff and you end up needing to restore some day, you may well end up 
> paying double in lost time etc. fooling around trying to get the 
> restore to work than if you had just paid to buy some backup software 
> in the first place.
>
> If you have a network with a Linux computer on it, I recommend 
> BackupPC for convenient, web-based restore of files / folders, but you 
> still need something like ghost for complete disaster recovery.  Also, 
> you need a bit of Linux savvy to set it up.
>
> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
>
>

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