Linux Backups Made Easy

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.

Comments

Re:BEST POST EVER ON SLASHDOT

[HimalayanRoadblock]

Suck it down.® The asshole who moded this Troll is the same asshole logging onto the site instead of using the Google Cache.

Re:Linux sucks (mod as funny)

[gosand]

A *real* operating system like Windows doesn't need 17 partitions, just one. So you backup one partition and you're done.

I am really tempted to mod this up as Funny, but I am afraid that you are serious. There are so many things wrong with your statements that I don't know where to start. I guess I'll just have to assume that this was a joke, and you weren't really serious. If you *were* serious, then you really really need to educate yourself about these new fangled computer dealies.

Re:Win2k has free backups made easy, too!

[LinuxGeek]

That reminds me of a question: What do you call women that rely on the rhythm method of birth control? Mother!

Conversely: What do you call Sysadmins that us MS backup for critical data? Jobless!

Re:Win2k has free backups made easy, too!

[gosand]

Really? You can use Win2k to back up your Linux drives? How does that work? If you will notice, coward, this is not an article that has anything to do with Win2k.

Move along, sheep. Go wait for your shepherd to tell you what to do.

As a Canadian.. I am sorry...

[RebelTycoon]

Hopefully this stupid survey conducted by Ipsos-Reid will not cast doubt on the importance I see of a strong and supportive partnership with our brothers to the south.

Quoting, Seven in ten (69%) Canadians think that the United States, because of its policies and actions in the Middle East and other parts of the world, bear some of the responsibility for the terrorist attacks on them, while 15% indicate that they believe that the U.S. bears all of the responsibility.

The question is overly broad and thus meaningless, additionally the timing is both inconsidered and just a cheap way of creating news by bashing Americans. Supporting a soverign nation (Israel) in its struggle for acceptance and a right to exist, and deploying military forces in Saudi Arabia when asked, does not constitute a justification for the cowardly act of September 11th.

For more information, here is an article, but more importantly, I think we should all Ipsos-Reid what we think of their "make news bullshit by bashing Americans" at ...

John Wright
Senior Vice-President
Ipsos-Reid Public Affairs
(416) 324-2900

To my American brothers, I am sorry for this type of survey, see to it that Ipsos-Reid doesn't do it again... Take the time, even if it is just a two-word email!