Remote backup

[José Pedro do Amaral]

Em 19/02/2008, às 16:38, Anthony Morton escreveu:

>>> I'm looking for good remote backup software... I'm on Tiger.
>>>
>
>> Hi,
>> SuperDuper! has worked well for me:
>> <http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html>
>> Check the following links for some interesting points and tests:
>> points---
>> <http://blog.plasticsfuture.org/2006/03/05/the-state-of-backup-and-cloning-tools-under-mac-os-x/ 
>> >
>> tests---
>> <http://www.n8gray.org/code/backup-bouncer/>
>> I also would be worried about the failures listed above...
>
> There's good news, however.  Rsync 3.0.0 is in active development,  
> runs on Tiger and can preserve all Mac OS X metadata.  The latest  
> prerelease version (3.0.0pre9) seems quite stable and free of  
> critical bugs, and I expect a full release will be imminent.
> <http://rsync.samba.org>
> A few of us have done checks with Backup Bouncer with encouraging  
> results, and I'm now using 3.0.0pre9 to back up my own files.  So  
> far so good.
> SuperDuper! is great if a full clone of your filesystem is what you  
> want, but a bit inflexible when it comes to partial backups.


Hi,
I do not know how flexible is a bit inflexible, thus I will describe  
how I use SuperDuper! to backup automatically two folders (my data  
folder and my scientific articles folder) every other day. The  
programs starts on my main laptop, prompts me to mount my home  
directory from my Sun E3500 server, mounts it through AppleTalk  
(netatalk on the Sun), mounts locally a sparse disk image that is on  
my server, and copies the changes I made to the mentioned two folders  
to the two folders on the disk image. My home directory on the Sun is  
running on mirrored disks with ZFS, thus adding another layer of  
safety (or so I believe).

The interface of SupperDuper! to perform these partial backup is a bit  
convoluted. However, the program seems to work well and performs  
reliably.

Thank you for the heads up regarding rsync. I have currently rsync  
3.0.0pre5 but have not tested it for my data backups. I will compile  
the newer version and give it a try.

Cordially,
ZP
--
José Pedro S. do Amaral

Fazer lápides é construir o futuro.


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