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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. Linux sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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

  2. BEST POST EVER ON SLASHDOT by HimalayanRoadblock · · Score: 0, Troll

    OMG. I think I just had a fuckin coronary. He posted the Google cache. So we don't have to slashdot the guys own computer mentioned in the article. So walk the fuckin walk people. USE THE CACHE. And now Im not 1st post cause the 1 minute rule.

  3. I LOVE YOU TOO! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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    PhysicsGenius