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Re: Recommendation: Backup system

From Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Recommendation: Backup system
Date 2016-10-01 23:10 +0200
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Like I said backuppc uses incremental and full backups.  The web interface lets
you browse any backup (inc or full) and you see all the files backed up.  I set
the incremental for each day up to a week.  So I have up to 7 of them.  The full
can kept for for however long you want.  I currently keep 12 weekly, 8 bi-weekly
and 4 monthly full backups so that covers almost a year.

There is another solution you might like called rsnapshot.  I use it to backup
just my root directory on my desktop before I do updates.  That way if something
goes wrong I can boot into a rescue cd and restore the system to the state
before the update.  I just can't afford to have my desktop to break.  rsnapshot
uses rsync so it can backup any computer that has rsync.  It uses hard links so
duplicate files are only stored once.  You specify how many backups you want to
keep and rsnapshot deletes older ones over that max before adding the new one. 
That way you always have backups (assuming you set the count greater that 1)
that will be there even if there is a transfer error.  This is similar to your
script but is very versatile.


*...Bob*
On 10/01/2016 04:42 PM, mo wrote:
> Maybe this is a little OT, but what kind of backup strategy would you guys
> recommend? (Any advice Gene? :) )
>
>

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Recommendation: Backup system mo <mo777@gmx.net> - 2016-10-01 11:40 +0200
  Re: Recommendation: Backup system Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 14:50 +0200
    Re: Recommendation: Backup system mo <mo777@gmx.net> - 2016-10-01 15:10 +0200
    Re: Recommendation: Backup system Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-10-01 18:30 +0200
      Re: Recommendation: Backup system Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> - 2016-10-01 18:50 +0200
        Re: Recommendation: Backup system Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-10-01 19:50 +0200
          Re: Recommendation: Backup system Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> - 2016-10-01 20:00 +0200
            Re: Recommendation: Backup system Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 22:10 +0200
            Re: Recommendation: Backup system Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-10-02 06:20 +0200
      Re: Recommendation: Backup system Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 22:00 +0200
        Re: Recommendation: Backup system mo <mo777@gmx.net> - 2016-10-01 22:50 +0200
      Re: Recommendation: Backup system mo <mo777@gmx.net> - 2016-10-01 22:40 +0200
  Re: Recommendation: Backup system Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 16:50 +0200
    Re: Recommendation: Backup system mo <mo777@gmx.net> - 2016-10-01 17:10 +0200
    Re: Recommendation: Backup system Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 17:40 +0200
  Re: Recommendation: Backup system mo <mo777@gmx.net> - 2016-10-01 17:20 +0200
  Re: Recommendation: Backup system Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-10-01 19:10 +0200
    Re: Recommendation: Backup system mo <mo777@gmx.net> - 2016-10-01 22:50 +0200
  Re: Recommendation: Backup system mo <mo777@gmx.net> - 2016-10-01 22:50 +0200
    Re: Recommendation: Backup system Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2016-10-01 23:10 +0200
      Re: Recommendation: Backup system mo <mo777@gmx.net> - 2016-10-02 10:50 +0200
        Re: Recommendation: Backup system rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-10-02 15:00 +0200
          Re: Recommendation: Backup system Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 01:20 +0200
    Re: Recommendation: Backup system Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-10-02 03:00 +0200
      Re: Recommendation: Backup system mo <mo777@gmx.net> - 2016-10-02 11:00 +0200
        Re: Recommendation: Backup system Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-10-02 13:10 +0200
          Re: Recommendation: Backup system mo <mo777@gmx.net> - 2016-10-02 14:40 +0200
  Re: Recommendation: Backup system Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-10-03 11:50 +0200
    Re: Recommendation: Backup system Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2016-10-03 14:40 +0200
      Re: Recommendation: Backup system Markus Grunwald <markus@the-grue.de> - 2016-10-03 14:50 +0200
        Re: Recommendation: Backup system Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-10-05 04:10 +0200
          Re: Recommendation: Backup system Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-10-05 05:10 +0200
            Re: Recommendation: Backup system Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-10-05 23:40 +0200
          Re: Recommendation: Backup system Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-10-07 12:20 +0200
            Re: Recommendation: Backup system Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-10-12 12:10 +0200
      Re: Recommendation: Backup system Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-10-03 17:10 +0200
    Re: Recommendation: Backup system Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 19:30 +0200
      Re: Recommendation: Backup system Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-10-11 00:00 +0200
        Re: Recommendation: Backup system Dave Thayer <debian1628420.dmthayer@recursor.net> - 2016-10-11 05:40 +0200
  Re: Recommendation: Backup system Jarle Aase <jgaa@jgaa.com> - 2016-10-04 20:50 +0200

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