From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 23 01:14:36 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 B62721065701 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:14:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 180568FC1B for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:14:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbon10 with SMTP id n10so5292223lbo.13 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:14:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=MurHhAnK3v1VCkFEag5FuiGusSE1g3/B1NH8CzBVeXA=; b=PImLkxbAuPhK2bnoycfMQroPRTdOVKWr5EsLf84ltLR0pPpZqEYawNfCicCP76V4FD oVlDtQnmE7lxPoEzHYT9pEgT1bmTLsMzegB8OPZD7ADHK/htYXEjai1Bvbs4mmONyRny tdjf9Z9WDk1R0GguKuvSz/O9c/s/XVIzfZPDqrma0DOgC3YHMmAjfptwp1X/iiwE8f4c UYBjztR7zg1s5btdjn3ysm0YD9sLWP151ZatkpJSmqJ5zdPAysPBXn9YLHHx9UirkFa1 wVaX2pd7uhNkePaW76l8edV+Zdi533hA7w1qM0LOnoxtg2nMePSGqW2tfbisSJFpNKdH AJfg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.112.138 with SMTP id iq10mr4040707lab.13.1340414074849; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:14:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.26.132 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:14:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120622160903.GE24912@hemlock.hydra> References: <20120622160903.GE24912@hemlock.hydra> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:14:34 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 01:14:36 -0000 On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:09 AM, 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. I'm trying to decide on what tools > to use for managing backups. In the past I have used rsync, which has > worked reasonably well, but fails one of my desired criteria for the new > backup procedures, and is less than ideal for others. > One's I use or have used: sysutils/rdiff-backup sysutils/tarsnap misc/amanda-server -- Adam Vande More