BackupPC

[Timothy Murphy]

Les Mikesell wrote:

> Backuppc is a perl script (or a few) and not at all hard to install on
> CentOS.  The storage philosophy is a bit different between the two.
> Backuppc will hardlink and eliminate duplicate copies of files across
> target machines but a small change in a big file makes another complete
> (compressed) copy.  Rdiff-backup will only match duplicates with
> previous copies from the same place but small changes in big files are
> saved as differences.

So which do you prefer?
It sounds to me as though BackupPC might be a little safer?

Re installation under CentOS, having just acquired a Dell PowerEdge T105
(very cheaply) as server, I've decided only to do what Dell tells me I can.
I do use the Epel Fedora-like repository,
so hopefully BackupPC will get in that fairly soon.

"And always keep a-hold of nurse,
For fear of finding something worse."

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