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Date:      Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:32:03 -0600
From:      Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: backup tools
Message-ID:  <20120623013203.GB29088@hemlock.hydra>
In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK10BeFM%2BFP0nagbR7=%2Bm0akspYNj-rgtHqcJoGtxxSvNg@mail.gmail.com>
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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 <perrin@apotheon.com> 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 ]



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