[mythtv-users] Bad News for me...a warning to all

[David Rees]

mtrisko wrote, On 4/23/2004 1:10 PM:
> I use backuppc, and I'm very glad that I do.  
> 
> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
> 
> It's not hard to set up, and once it's there, backups just happen.  It uses
> a file pool so that identical files (whether across backups or across
> multiple boxes) are only stored once.  It includes a web interface for
> monitoring status of backups, doing restores, etc., and has other nice
> features like e-mail alerts if backups haven't happened for a while for a
> particular host.  It can use different connection methods (e.g., smb, ssh,
> rsyncd) and transfer methods (e.g., smbclient, tar, rsync).
> 
> I'm backing up 5 PCs (including the backup server itself), which include
> both Windows and Linux boxes.  In total right now it's storing 71 full
> backups and 73 incrementals, which before pooling and compression would be
> about 465GB of data.  After pooling and compression, the backuppc file pool
> is about 58GB.  Not bad for peace of mind IMO--I highly recommend it.
> 
> I did learn my lesson the hard way, losing data that I really wish I could
> get back.  Never again.

Thanks for pointing me to this tool, I'm backing up two machines right 
now.  ;-)

Cheers

Dave