[Advice needed] Small Office Backup Solution

Arun Shrimali arun.reso at gmail.com
Mon May 10 12:36:41 UTC 2010


On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:

> Hi All.
>
> I have a few customers with very small offices (up to 10-15 users). They
> have a mixed network (Windows XP Pro clients, Linux server).
>
> I a looking for a backup solution with the following requirements:
>
> * Linux based Server
> * Simple to set up and deploy
> * Cross Platform: A windows client (preferably  hidden service style)
> * A way for the management to monitor the backups without accessing the
> Linux Server directly.
> * Incremental / Delta support.
> * CLI interface for me to be able to manage remotely over ssh
> * No Tape support needed - most of them use an external USB hard drive
>
> I'll appreciate any recommendations for suitable external hard drives (like
> the WD Passport series?)
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Amichai Rotman
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Though Many of the experts will not suggest this, but you can look at Ubuntu
based 'ebox'  which may suite in your requirement

http://www.ebox-platform.com/

Arun
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