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Linux Backups Made Easy

Posted by michael on from the no-more-tapes dept.

mfago writes "A colleague of mine has written a great tutorial on how to use rsync to create automatic "snapshot-style" backups. Nothing is required except for a simple script, although it is thus not necessarily suitable for data-center applications. Please try to be gentle on his server: it is the $80 computer that he mentions in the tutorial. Perhaps try the Google cache." An excellent article answering a frequently asked question.

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  1. thank you... by cmckay · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...for posting a link to the Google cache in the story description on the main page! mfago, you are a genius!

    Perhaps more article submitters (or editors) could add these links more frequenly?

    1. Re:thank you... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Are you serious? Crush some guys server rather than using the publically available Google copy, because the Google page DOESN'T HAVE ADS?????? Who pays this guy for his server and bandwidth?? Do you make sure every page you view has ads on it? Are you a marketing exec or something??

      This "ads pay for everything on the internet" mentality is INSANE!!

  2. Works great! by schmutze · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I work with Mike and started using his scripts a while back for my own department. With HD space so cheap these days, it makes sense to have an online backup. Especially for those of us who can't afford a NetApp. It really saves time for restoring those every day user deletes. Way to go Mike!