From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 12 17:40:54 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 04E45EEC for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:40:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp206.alice.it (smtp206.alice.it [82.57.200.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F10DDD7 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:40:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from soth.ventu (79.2.52.145) by smtp206.alice.it (8.6.060.28) (authenticated as acanedi@alice.it) id 547D8AFA1263F9FD for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:35:10 +0100 Received: from alamar.ventu (alamar.ventu [10.1.2.18]) by soth.ventu (8.15.1/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t2CHZ9vS002571 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:35:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Message-ID: <5501CE4C.9030805@netfence.it> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:35:08 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Suggestion on network backup Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:40:54 -0000 Hello. I'm looking for a centralized backup solution with the following requirements: _ server (FreeBSD) side storage and/or NAS storage; _ Windows and Mac client support; _ "push model" (meaning a client will initiate a backup when it is powered up/connected); _ ability to run script on the client (i.e. dump a database before starting the backup); _ good reporting (ideally I'd like to be notified of overall status and possibly when a client hasn't done a backup for a long time). I currently use Bacula, which I like a lot, but I don't really feel it's the right tool in this situation; while it has several nice features which are not useful here: _ it tends to hard to setup and manage when the number of clients grows; _ the director manages the schedule and AFAICT only works well for "server clients", which are up and connected 24/7. So I saw BackupPC and BoxBackup are in the port tree... Anyone is using them and can reccomend any? Or has anyone tried them and can suggest to stay away? So far, from what I read I'm worried about the following aspects of BackupPC: _ for Windows client it either works via SMB (which I fear might miss something); _ or via rsync (needing Cygwin installed); _ locked files cannot be backup up!!!; _ claims support for Windows clients up to XP!!!. And with BoxBackup: _ encryption is mandatory; _ locked files cannot be backup up!!!; _ claims support for Windows clients up to XP!!!. Any other player in the arena? bye & Thanks av.