i've only used rsnapshot, as a home+business user, but I think it's great.
On 4/5/06, ListMan <listman@burble.net> wrote:
>
> 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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