We use R1Soft for backups. It does block based backups to disk and we have found it much faster and less CPU overhead than rsync. If you have alot of files that are continuously changing than r1soft is perfect because it only backs up blocks that have changed from the previous backup. If you have a 5gig file and you make a small change to it, you only backup that small change, no need to backup the entire 5gig file again! It really simplifies backup and recovery, and also has Bare Metal Recovery features that can save your ass when a server goes down. It can also be used on both Windows and Linux servers giving you one solution for both operating systems. R1soft has saved us so much time handling our backups, its defiantly worth a look for anyone serious about backing up a sever.
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We use R1Soft for backups. It does block based backups to disk and we have found it much faster and less CPU overhead than rsync. If you have alot of files that are continuously changing than r1soft is perfect because it only backs up blocks that have changed from the previous backup. If you have a 5gig file and you make a small change to it, you only backup that small change, no need to backup the entire 5gig file again! It really simplifies backup and recovery, and also has Bare Metal Recovery features that can save your ass when a server goes down. It can also be used on both Windows and Linux servers giving you one solution for both operating systems. R1soft has saved us so much time handling our backups, its defiantly worth a look for anyone serious about backing up a sever.