Ubuntu Backup Solutions?

Mark C. Miller mr.mcmiller at gmail.com
Mon Sep 14 00:14:18 UTC 2009


On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:02:51 +1000, Trent Murray wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm looking for a backup solution for small -> medium businesses with 10
> -> 200 users and would appreciate any suggestions.  Currently I'm using
> a roll-your-own rsync/mysql dump script.
> 
>  I am looking for a backup solution with:
> 
> * Disk based storage
> * Web interface or similar (for day to day use) * Email notifications
> * Amazon S3 connectivity (or the ability to backup to a s3fs mount) *
> capacity to backup other machines data, or itself (e.g. put on one
> Ubuntu server for self backups)
> * MySQL backups
> 
> ANY help will be of use.  I am currently looking at the following but
> cant seem to make my mind up on what is best suited:
> 
> * Amanda - looks great but lacks any simple gui to assist with
> administration
> * BackupPC - doesnt seem to do Mysql databases * Bacula -  disk storage
> seems to be buggy or difficult to set up reliably.

would "grsync" or "sbackup" be of any help?

mcm

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Mark C. Miller





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