[Advice needed] Small Office Backup Solution

Larry Shields larryesu at charter.net
Mon May 10 13:10:17 UTC 2010


On 05/10/2010 08:02 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 14:48 +0300, Amichai Rotman 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?)
>>      
>
> If you are looking for a commercial solution, Acronis software may be
> very useful:
>
>
> http://www.acronis.com
>
>
> They provide free trials for their software, you may have a look at
> them.
>
>
>
>
>    
*From what I see on that web site, it is only for making backup's, 
nothing for installing printer drivers for my deskjet 5550 etc...

Thanks Larry
*

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