Backup software

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Aquiles · Post by **Aquiles** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:58 pm

Hi there,

Anybody can recommend some software in gentoo to assist the backup of the system (or some parts of it)?

Thanks!

wohnout · Post by **wohnout** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:10 pm

bacula

Beau · Post by **Beau** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:15 pm

Bacula might be overkill. Check out the wiki for some alternatives and a bacula how-to

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Backup

Aquiles · Post by **Aquiles** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:15 pm

I think I'll try "Keep" for a while to see how it goes. I don't really need a very sophisticated tool since I intend to use it on my own computer (not a network or something like this) and since I use KDE it will fit well on my desktop.

Thanks for the link and suggestions.

drescherjm · Post by **drescherjm** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:32 pm

Bacula might be overkill.

For a single computer it is an overkill. For a network of 10+ machines I consider it the best invention since sliced bread...

Aquiles · Post by **Aquiles** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:09 am

drescherjm wrote: For a single computer it is an overkill. For a network of 10+ machines I consider it the best invention since sliced bread...

What about sliced bread with a spread tomato and olive oil on it?

faux · Post by **faux** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:10 am

What do you recommend for a small network (5-6 clients)? Some of them are Microsoft Windows clients.

Where are the differences between Bacula, BackupPC and Amanda?

easy target · Post by **easy target** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:32 pm

Aquiles wrote:I think I'll try "Keep" for a while to see how it goes. I don't really need a very sophisticated tool since I intend to use it on my own computer (not a network or something like this) and since I use KDE it will fit well on my desktop.

Thanks for the link and suggestions.

You may see dar

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emerge dar

It's rather easy to use (almost like tar) but designed to manage backups.