hi, i'm looking into this issue myself and was wondering if people
preferred rsnapshot over amanda?
i only have unix machines on my network btw:
Thx!
On Apr 5, 2006, at 10:51 AM, Anthony Ettinger wrote:
> try rsnapshot.org if it's a unix machine.
>
> On 4/5/06, Alex <xlegion@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 4/5/06, Attila Horvath <mutsuura@mutsuura.com> wrote:
>>> All
>>>
>>> Has anyone used SVN as a drive backup utility? ~say in place of a
>>> standard
>>> backup tool like NERO and the like?
>>>
>>> From your perspective, any pro's con's for using it in this
>>> manner or for
>>> that purpose?
>>>
>>> Thx
>>> Attila
>>>
>>>
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>> I have a spare server as a subversion repository server which in a
>> way also
>> acts as backup because I have all of my personal documents
>> and projects in svn. Music, i.e., mp3 and wma and videos files are
>> not in
>> subversion because of the way working copies are handled, too much
>> space is
>> wasted.
>>
>> I'ts nice to be able to have a history of changes that you've made
>> and be
>> able access and update your personal files, basically
>> from anywhere in the world. So I highly recommend storing your "home"
>> directory/personal files in svn. It's the best thing since sliced
>> bread.
>>
>> There are better tools for backing up whole drives, e.g.,
>> backuppc, rsync,
>> rdiff-backup etc. Using svn for that is rather useless IMO as it
>> keeps extra copies in you work space. You'll waste a lot of disk
>> space that
>> could be used for other things.
>>
>>
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