From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 23 01:32:05 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EEA6106566C for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:32:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy9.bluehost.com (oproxy9.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 323008FC08 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:32:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 13623 invoked by uid 0); 23 Jun 2012 01:32:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy9.bluehost.com with SMTP; 23 Jun 2012 01:32:04 -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=ibf30tYac2r9UceTo9T8Mfyie3y49pnLaPhA9zs+slo=; b=bD5PmMtrEzS9Sml8b1LZqVrF9bi/iKv/iAPK1H8zzSpaNO4siBIE9TM+gJZmOhIcVMxt7qeHO7mh7vCGDvz5v1qNGVNj68oJC24OLG8RiUzpOOcCcIiv4R3mbvqZ3+9X; Received: from [24.8.180.234] (port=60312 helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SiFCl-0005G0-QF for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:32:03 -0600 Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:32:03 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120623013203.GB29088@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20120622160903.GE24912@hemlock.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 01:32:05 -0000 On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 08:14:34PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > 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 Unfortunately, one of those is GPL, another is subject to proprietary licensing, and the last has a bunch of (otherwise unnecessary on the server) GNU project dependencies. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]