[Advice needed] Small Office Backup Solution

[Thomas Kaiser]

On 05/10/2010 01:48 PM, 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?)
>

When you look at a solution with a backup-server which can backup Windoz 
and Linux machines, check out backuppc:

http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/

or just Google backuppc...

Thomas