From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 23 00:37:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 538801065670 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:37:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy7-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy7.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0407F8FC08 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:37:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23090 invoked by uid 0); 23 Jun 2012 00:37:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy7.bluehost.com with SMTP; 23 Jun 2012 00:37:18 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=FtFOz9kCFB0n9QeSy1yFkMLixY16fKmv9VBBAtecIrk=; b=KRkK5YWQbZ2aEq/FlNjsi4wJ1rXBFDhi68aNsj9Dt4bKE+Nzm0fsr0lcz3se/jUcJY6tQA/aprJO3O1dXgmIvsJ5HOP90+g4z/ThY2JWEuTT5/nhcMyg2C58WzbpScJ8; Received: from [24.8.180.234] (port=61212 helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SiELm-0003w9-5o for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:37:18 -0600 Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:37:17 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120623003717.GD7876@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20120622160903.GE24912@hemlock.hydra> <20120622184740.GA67847@slackbox.erewhon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120622184740.GA67847@slackbox.erewhon.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: backup tools X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:37:19 -0000 On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 08:47:40PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:09:03AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > I'm setting up a "new" backup server using FreeBSD. It will be used for > > backing up laptops, which will not be connected to the network by any > > kind of schedule, so backups will be initiated manually rather than by > > cron or other scheduled procedures. > > What are the laptops running? FreeBSD, Debian, and/or Ubuntu. There's at least one of each. I apologize for not mentioning that sooner. I had a feeling I'd overlook something. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]